Against the odds: A brave new world by Kuehne (or Saadé?)
National champions?
Hardly a day goes by when the risk of the ocean carriers invading the freight forwarding space, one way or another*, seems to become more real.
(*Either cutting out or simply trying to replace the middleman’s services with their own, if/when asset-light services are added to their offering mix via M&A.)
Background
And while the narrative is the one promoted by the most prominent container logistics integrator AP Møller-Mærsk (APMM) in May last year at its Capital Markets Day – read our: “We ...
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