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Here’s an op-ed piece from the heart, comparing some of the underhand corporate practices in modern day shipping with a gaudily dressed Long John Silver and his ubiquitous parrot… it’s all about pieces o’ eight. In seriousness, though, this blog, by Flexport chief executive Ryan Peterson on the rumours surrounding the financial viability of K Line, resonates with our recent assessment of the line. That is chiefly that it might look weak in liner terms, but it does boast a diversified shipping portfolio, a reassuring cash balance and access to further sources of cheap debt should they be required – and has an important subtext: do not let the demise of Hanjin and the hysteria it can prompt cloud your judgement. We think Mr Petersen has made a mistake in confusing APL, the carrier acquired by CMA CGM, and APL Logistics, which is now owned by Japanese logistics group Kintetsu, but that does not mean his chief point is invalid. “The sad thing is, all these ‘industry analysts’ are spreading rumours about a public company whose financials are available to all. That means not one of them was capable of analysing financial statements to fact-check their sources, or, just as likely, that doing so would be inconvenient when parroting rumours of a collapse captures so much more attention.”
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Comment on this article
Andrew Robins
October 07, 2016 at 2:54 amThis is interesting as we were contacted twice by persons unknown with regard to a broadcast WCA had supposedly sent out on the demise of K-Line. They asked for any further comments on the matter.
When we asked who was calling and can they send us this alleged broadcast, they declined on both counts.
There has been a definite attempt to smear K-Line who we have no negative comments on.
They need to look who is best to benefit from this, is it a rival carrier or is it an attempt to manipulate share prices.
Regards
Andy Robins
WCA