Comment / Rumours spring: Asia Shipping on the market

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It’s time to dust off the Rolodex.

Despite a dearth of deals – making 2023 a very poor year for rainmakers – M&A talk doesn’t subside.

And the way it looks, emerging market M&A is pretty high on the agenda, regardless of geopolitical risk.

(You were warned.)

In the name of volumes.

While box lines have limited options when it boils down to horizontal consolidation, targeting their peers, it’s in the highly–fragmented non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC) space where deal buzz persists.

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