OceanX: LatAm boom & gossip; MSC's rising logistics star; Trump-led blank sailings
Strictly on the QT!
It didn’t take long for feedback in my marketplace to explode at the end of last week, when I went after the status of relations between Germany’s DB Schenker and Denmark’s AP Møller-Mærsk as the former, shamelessly, tries to poach Damco customers in what appears to be the epitome of a strained forwarder-carrier connection.
With broader implications.
Sure thing
In case you missed the latest, here’s a recap from The Loadstar’s publisher, Alex Lennane, out on Monday: “DB Schenker targets Damco customers: ’shippers ...
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