Chinese automakers are overtaking European rivals, says car-shipping chief

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. European carmakers are rapidly losing market share globally as Chinese rivals enter a new phase of expansion and innovation, said the head of the world’s biggest operator of car-carrying ships. Lasse Kristoffersen, chief executive of Wallenius Wilhelmsen, told the Financial Times there was “massive growth” in shipments from China to Latin America, Europe, Africa and Australia amid Beijing’s domestic crackdown on price cuts. “The reason why Chinese are winning market…