Mærsk et al: so much silver lining you can barely see the clouds
Between April showers and spring sunshine
As soon as I returned to work after the Christmas break, news broke that Maersk had begun its promised digitisation revolution.
The partner it chose to pilot a booking project was OneTouch, and its owner, Alibaba, is one of the world’s largest e-commerce platforms as well as a major shipper competing with Amazon for worldwide dominance in e-commerce.
The deal per se represents a meaningful strategic development for Maersk Line – it is “a first in container shipping”, we pointed out on 4 ...
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Comment on this article
David Snell
February 03, 2017 at 2:21 pmHi. Thanks for this – very interesting. I wonder how many buyers using Alibaba/Amazon purchase goods in sufficient quantities to fill full containers? Maersk and other container shipping lines do not offer LCL (less than container load) services which, unless I am missing something, means that the vast majority of buyers using Alibaba/Amazon will not be able to use the new Maersk/Alibaba platform….
Ale Pasetti
February 03, 2017 at 4:21 pmGreat point. I think you might be right and I will look for that data. Thanks much, David.
Mitul D
February 04, 2017 at 7:52 pmI too would be interested to see if you can get more data around..
Thanks
Ale Pasetti
February 06, 2017 at 12:26 pmAt a glance, it is not publicly available. Will need to look into the 10ks again. Added to my to-do list, Mitul D. Thanks for stopping by.