News / Hapag-Lloyd chief stays bullish on growth and clawing back extra fuel costs

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Hapag-Lloyd’s chief executive, Ralph Habben Jansen, is more optimistic about the outlook for container shipping than his counterpart at Maersk.

During a breakfast press briefing at the JOC TPM Conference in Long Beach yesterday, Mr Habben Jansen said he still expected to see growth of 3-4% this year, while Maersk Group chief executive Soren Skou later gave conference delegates a downbeat forecast of just 1-3% growth.

Mr Habben Jansen said there had been a “decent recovery” after the Chinese New Year holiday ...