Hapag-Lloyd sees shipping transport demand up, more mergers in 2018
Hamburg
GERMAN shipping group Hapag-Lloyd sees demand for transport growing 4 per cent in 2018 and expects more shipping firms to merge in the year, the chief executive said.
CEO Rolf Habben Jansen also said Hapag-Lloyd, which merged with its Arab peer UASC, could achieve 85 to 90 per cent of targeted annual savings from the deal of US$435 million this year and 100 per cent from 2019.
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