Gaining state support was never going to be easy, but German shipowners feel the government has raised the bar too high for them to obtain legitimate aid.rnBerlin has pledged € 115Bn ($155Bn) in state guarantees and corporate loans from state development bank KfW to the wider economy in response to the financial crisis and the global recession.rnBut shipowners have not yet succeeded in tapping the funds - except in a few isolated cases involving ships ordered at German yards.
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