There are good reasons for believing the talks to merge Germany’s two largest liner companies will succeed where in the past they have come to naught.
For the best part of 20 years, Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Sud have been involved in on-and-off talks aimed at a merger.
Personality clashes and corporate differences meant this failed to come about.
That could finally be about to change when negotiations between the companies are brought to a close early next year.
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