Things are not looking very pretty for container shipping right now as overcapacity again takes its toll on the market. We have seen a slew of loss making announcements for the first quarter of the year including Hapag-Lloyd, Evergreen, Yang Ming...
Hapag-Lloyd cut almost EUR40m from its losses in the first three months of 2013 compared to its 2012 results, with a group net loss of EUR93.6m, down from EUR132.4m last year.
The $7bn logistical task of withdrawing US military equipment from Afghanistan will involve Maersk, APL and Hapag-Lloyd.