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Gary Ferrulli
April 15, 2020 at 4:29 pmThis doesn’t consider that 4 Asian countries subsidize their container carriers, plus three their shipbuilding. Korea now is recovering from allowing Hanjin to go under and is rebuilding HMM to take their place and won’t let it happen again. Then the question of France and CMA-CGM. So while the numbers may relate to normal businesses, it’s not the world container shipping is in.
Jon Pierre
April 15, 2020 at 5:57 pmI personally think it will be HMM. HMM had the higher debt ratio than hanjin.
The only so called saving grace with HMM was that they claimed they had a NDA with 2M. When this was scrutinised, it wasn’t worth the paper it was written on.
Perfect for the 2M, a 2 carriers are removed from Asia Europe (Hanjin & HMM for a period of time). Yet they get more allocation on the Transpacific Trades.
3 Years on HMM are kicked out again. Scratching for Asia Europe business, when everyone is blanking sailing, cutting loops.
HMM can try to rebuild, however our clients are refusing to utilise their services.
You never know which company will go down.
Ale Pasetti
April 15, 2020 at 6:38 pmSo South Korea, in your view Jon Pierre, will remain without a flagship ocean carrier if HMM goes under? Doesn’t seem very likely, does it?