News / Hapag-Lloyd was prepared to miss out on 'unlikely' HMM buy

“If something like this pops up, you really should look at it,” said Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen (above) yesterday, when asked about his firm’s failed bid for South Korean carrier HMM.

The removal of the German carrier from the list of preferred bidders was confirmed by Hapag yesterday.

The Loadstar reported last week that the list had subsequently been whittled down to three potential buyers, all domestic South Korean firms.

“If you look at the market and what options are out there ...