15% rebate for box ships as Suez Canal Authority woos carriers
The Mediterranean container trades could be upended once more after the Suez Canal Authority today ...
As I briefly pointed out last week – “M&A radar: Who’s next?” – the joy of exploring new ties in ocean hasn’t subsided.
While the shipping M&A narrative is just ancillary and mostly irrelevant herein, in several exchanges with born deal-makers recently, when asked whether AP Møller-Mærsk (APMM) would ever go decisively into thin air – “Mærsk Air A/S” from the Stone Age, maybe rings a bell in the passenger business world – the feedback prompted several considerations.
Including the one obvious ...
Maersk Air Cargo sees volumes fall as it aims for 'margin in favour of revenue'
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