Box lines – billions ready to burn in market share fights
…rather than M&A
A few words today from us which, unusually, do not concern – not directly at least – the financial performance of the shipping line on this week’s ’catch the news’ podium.
It’s all about Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd, the fifth-largest ocean carrier globally by volumes, and its plans stateside.
As it prepares to disclose its stunning Q3 21 financial achievements next week, and the week after that to lure investors at its Capital Markets Day event, here’s a little “colour” on certain annoying questions ...
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