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Issue 1 2017 - Freight Business Journal www.vixsoft.com


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Great Danes grow even bigger with Hamburg Süd buy


Maersk Line is to buy one of the last independent European shipping lines and the world’s seventh- largest operator, Hamburg Süd, from its owners, German-based Oetker, subject to final agreement and regulatory approvals. The move will create a container


shipping giant, adding Hamburg Süd’s 625,000teu, 130-ship capacity to Maersk Line, already the world’s


biggest operator,


and creating an operator with a capacity of around 3.8 million teu and 741 ships. The new Maersk Line will have an 18.6% global capacity share compared with 15.7% currently. The purchase includes


Hamburg Süd’s own recent South American acquisitions, CCNI in Chile and Aliança in Brazil. Hamburg


Süd and Aliança


will remain as separate brands and continue to serve customers through their local offices, said Maersk Line. The takeover of Hamburg Süd


The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has given the green light to the five line ‘THE Alliance’ container grouping. It comprises Hapag-


Lloyd; K Line; MOL; NYK; and Yang Ming, along with UASC, recently acquired by Hapag- Lloyd. FMC approval applies only to trades to or from the US.


has few direct implications for the global container alliances, as the German carrier was one of a very small number of operators not to be part of any major grouping. However, Maersk’s additional muscle will also boost the 2M partnership, which it operates with MSC. That grouping currently has a fleet of 5.7m teu and a global market share estimated at around 28%, so the new addition will increase the fleet to well above the 6m teu mark and push market share up to around 31%. As its name implies, Hamburg


Süd is strong in the North–South trades and these are seen as a useful addition to the comprehensive Maersk Line’s network. Oetker


Group has owned


Hamburg Süd for the past 80 years and the sale “was not an easy decision” said chairman of the family-owned company, Dr August Oetker. However, like all shipping lines


Hamburg Süd’s profitability has come under immense pressure and the container line was also increasingly the odd man out in a portfolio that includes food, beer, banking and luxury hotels. The acquisition is subject to due


diligence processes and regulatory approval in countries including China, Korea, Australia, Brazil, the US and the EU, a process which Maersk Line expects to last until the end of 2017.


FMC gives green light to THE Alliance


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Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have signed a strategic cooperation deal


Merchant Marine (HMM). The


chartered to HMM. Maersk Line said the deal


with Korea’s Hyundai agreement is a


combination of slot exchanges and slot purchases between the three parties, while Maersk Line and MSC will take over a number of charters and operation of vessels currently


was outside the formal scope of MSC and Maersk Line’s 2M vessel sharing agreement, but would give HMM access to the 2M network. For 2M the cooperation will provide new opportunities, not least in the Transpacific trade where HMM is particularly strong. Maersk earlier announced


a deal to Systems Ltd


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Maersk Line and MSC sign cooperation deal with Hyundai buy Germany’s


Hamburg Sud and integrate it into the 2M network. The agreement is scheduled


to begin in April 2017 subject to regulatory approval, initially for three years with an option to extend and covers key East- West trades. More information on network changes and schedules will be published in early 2017.


Dunkirk leads French ports fightback


French ports are winning back their natural business and regaining their market share from foreign competitors, the boss of Dunkirk told a press conference in Lille on 12 January. The port of Dunkirk’s


container traffic hit a record 341,000teu in 2016, said chief executive Stefane Raison. Announcing the northern French port’s annual results, he said that while Dunkirk’s box traffic was low in absolute terms


compared with major north- west European competitors, it


was growing strongly and up 7% over the year.


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