Global terminal operators – the unassailability of PSAs, MSCs, APMTs et al?
Take a big step
From AP Møller–Mærsk’s Copenhagen headquarters the message is deafening, let alone crystal clear.
To paraphrase: we know what we are doing as far as our integrated transport and logistics (T&L) strategy is concerned, regardless of the business cycle.
Aside from what its detractors may often repeat* in our marketplace, the remarks and actions of both shipping and other asset-heavy players whose economic success relies, indeed, on shipping, as well as T&L integrated activities, speak even louder than the Danish carrier’s strategy.
(*One of many, recently, ...
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