News / MSC's HHLA deal hits a roadblock as opposition in Hamburg grows

Photo: HHLA/Thies Rätzke

MSC’s planned acquisition of a 49% stake in Hamburg terminal and intermodal operator HHLA hit a hurdle this week when opposition parties in the municipality’s parliament forced a public consultation on the sale.

Hamburg’s governing coalition government had hoped to hold a vote that would see the purchase formally approved before the parliament begins its summer recess, on 10 July.

However, during a municipality budget meeting on Tuesday, the right-wing AfD and left-wing FPD parties managed to push through a public hearing, ...