HutchWatch: Beijing furious; Panama may have to wait
Beijing blindsided?
While Mærsk this week announced a new leadership look, in essence leading to very few operational changes, I reckon, it’s business as usual at increasingly aggressive, market share-wise MSC, its partner in the 2M Alliance*.
(*Whose future hangs in the balance: our detailed 2M prognosis was made a month ago, next catalyst date: 25 April.)
M&A my way
Our Premium sources insist that the insatiable Geneva-based shipping line still aims to strengthen, inorganically, its asset-heavy portfolio granting continuity to its existing M&A strategy concerning peripheral ...
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