Comment / DB Schenker auction – 'price or politics?'

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By Alessandro Pasetti

15/08/2023

Yaaaaaawwwnnnnn?

And just as, in the wake of our Monday coverage, sources bravely suggest that one way for Vincent Clerc “to hold onto his job” would be for the Mærsk CEO to lead the charge for DB Schenker (DBS) – essentially with the aim of watering down Mærsk’s existing L&S proposition – a Bernstein note out today* stresses that “forwarding’s last ever mega-deal may be imminent”.

(*Headed: “EU Logistics: DHL Schenker ? a deep dive into German politics. Will forwarding’s mega-deal be ...

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