Kuehne suggests Hamburg-Süd/Hapag-Lloyd merge

Europe

Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Klaus-Michael Kuehne, honorary chairman of forwarder Kuehne+Nagel and the largest investor in the container carrier Hapag-Lloyd, believes the other leading German container carrier, Hamburg Süd, would be an ideal merger partner for Hapag-Lloyd. Kuehne floated the idea of a combination of the two carriers in an interview with Germany's Wirtschaftswoche magazine. Kuehne said only through a merger could Hapag-Lloyd once again return to the top of the list of contain...

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