Comment / MSC's classic Clasquin deal blurs neutrality line – so what?

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For a major box line that, on the asset-light side of the logistics equation, is perceived to be a mere outlier in the industry, as world shipping leader Mediterranean Shipping Company arguably is, to now take over a pure freight forwarder* smells a lot like a classic, opportunistic (MSC-indeed) move.

(*Nothing changes our recent ’Vertical integration – where mentality and culture clash’ take; in fact it’s reinforced, I reckon.)

First reaction: France’s Clasquin for the Geneva headquarters? Way too small to bother.

Right – ...