Comment / Against the odds: Kuehne + Nagel – simply self-fulfilling prophecies

It was really, really tempting today to take another deep(er) look at vertical consolidation via a brand new “Against the odds: Kuehne + Mærsk – simply revisited” after our October 2020 “Kuehne + Mærsk – the night is still young, but…“.

Umbilical cord

Buoyant freight trades across several modes of transport are a boon for those major actors controlling the assets as much as for those controlling the client, and hence holding the relationship with the shipper. Their respective, likely-to-cross M&A paths* were too good a ...