Return to double-digit spot rate gains looms with new FAK hikes and surcharges
As expected after last week’s surge in spot rate levels, this week saw more modest ...
Heading to the pub the other day in Ipswich for a well-deserved pint, I found myself having to deal with a comrade’s fair remarks in the wake of Hapag-Lloyd’s Q1 24 update:
“Look, these Western carriers give guidance and their [low-high-end adjusted earnings] spreads are narrowing but are still so wide you can barely call it guidance.”
Still, Hapag-Lloyd shines, on a trailing basis, where it matters: financial acumen. How?
By putting the hard cash saved during the good pandemic days to work.
Looking ...
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