This is more relevant because of the possibility that it will end up owning Singapore container shipping line Neptune Orient Lines. A deal would signal a u-turn in Maersk’s recent strategy, which has focused on – but not managed to deliver – higher returns per unit, particularly in parts of th...

No doubt these new GRI attempts will be imitated by other Asia-Europe carriers in a desperate last-ditch attempt to push freight rates back up on the beleaguered tradelane and convince investors they are on the right track going into 2016. A sequence of failed GRIs was briefly broken at the beginnin...

We could list all the great new features we’ve come up with, but to be honest, it’s pretty straightforward. The site looks different, but it’s the same high standard of content, created by the same editorial team, which has drawn increasing numbers of readers over the past three and a half yea...

Indeed, some Hamburgers told Logistic-News at Hansa Heavy Lift’s (HHL) annual pre-Eisbein party last night, Hapag-Lloyd’s share offer had been little short of “a disaster”, with investors running for the hills from the offer price after container markets collapsed in September. However, inste...

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Transport and logistics services are changing, as is the demand for them, and UPS’s management team is adamant it is doing everything necessary to stay ahead of the competition. It’s still early days to assess their claims, but its current financial performance leaves little to the imagination. ...

And it isn’t – despite popular perception – a carrier with unlimited resources and expansive, state-owned largesse; there is no legacy of inefficiency. Yes, it has had equity investments most airlines – and many companies for that matter – can only dream of.  And yes, as a result, it ...

First, it operates in an “attractive industry with good long-term prospects”, and the group has a “clear and focused corporate strategy.” Second, it has “many yet unexploited internal drivers of growth and profitability”, with a sound financial position. Third, its “asset-light network...

First, the timing of the deal is smart as it precedes a quarterly update on October 28 that might have left a bitter taste in the mouth of DSV investors. True, DSV is in great shape, but it has been spending a lot of cash recently to buy back its own stock, which has become increasingly expensive, a...

Alpahliner today claimed that the two companies’ container divisions had since 2009 suffered cumulative losses of $700m and $500m respectively. In August, Logistic-News’s Alessandro Pasetti reviewed the financial situation of South Korea’s biggest container line, Hanjin, after it reported a sec...