Market Insight: DSV + Panalpina – from 'trouble in paradise' to the modern Viking Ironclad Age (Part I) 

“I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and therefore be regarded as a pretty fair measure of it.” – Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 – 1860).

There is so much noise and speculation out there, mid-way through the early acts of the takeover of Panalpina (PAN) by DSV – the deal was announced on 1 April and is expected to settle in early October – that making ...