Unifeeder & DP World: The curious marriage on the short seas
(WorldNews Denmark)

Profitable growth in the maritime shipping industry is a precious commodity. The old thinking of getting bigger through mergers or acquisitions prevails. Stronger and larger players try to translate the size into lower costs and lower rates. This holds true for carriers, ports and freight forwarders alike. Past years were all about stronger carriers swallowing their weaker siblings, ports with strong balance sheets buying weaker ports in need of investments, and cashed up logistics companies buying smaller players to complement their networks. Those acquisitions were always framed as being important to creating better and more efficient supply chains, yet none has proven to deliver on this...