With shippers recently glued to watching the remarkably consistent rate increases implemented by shipping lines on the Asia-Europe trade, in this amusing column Mike Weir discovers how much market power the lines actually exert, using the ridiculously named Herfindahl-Hirschman Index.
UPS: GERMAN BOLT-ON DEALAAPL: PAY YOUR DUESWTC: LOST FOR WORDS DSV: STEADY DOES ITRXO: COYOTE EQUITY FUNDING 'UPSIZED'RXO: RIGHTS ISSUEGXO: DEFENSIVEMAERSK: MSC RIVALRY INTENSIFIESWTC: REMARKABLY STRONG BA: LABOUR DEALFDX: NEW PARTNERATSG: RIVAL IPODSV: 'AHEAD IN BIDDING FOR SCHENKER'DSV: UNLUCKY FRIDAYSMAERSK: WEAK AGAIN
UPS: GERMAN BOLT-ON DEALAAPL: PAY YOUR DUESWTC: LOST FOR WORDS DSV: STEADY DOES ITRXO: COYOTE EQUITY FUNDING 'UPSIZED'RXO: RIGHTS ISSUEGXO: DEFENSIVEMAERSK: MSC RIVALRY INTENSIFIESWTC: REMARKABLY STRONG BA: LABOUR DEALFDX: NEW PARTNERATSG: RIVAL IPODSV: 'AHEAD IN BIDDING FOR SCHENKER'DSV: UNLUCKY FRIDAYSMAERSK: WEAK AGAIN