News / G6 alliance members hit choppy water as they struggle to find tradelane synergies

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Four of the six G6 alliance members recorded operating losses in 2014 as the merged New World Alliance (NWA) and Grand Alliance (GA) grouping struggled to integrate their respective east-west networks, according to Alphaliner’s review of carriers’ publicly available financial results.

Hapag-Lloyd chief executive Rolf Habben Jansen alluded to problems within the G6, during the company’s recent annual results presentation, when he said it had not been “super-satisfied” with its membership.

Interestingly, all three NWA members, APL, HMM and MOL, operated in ...