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LINER LOGISTICS

Credit: DP World

Consolidation continues for liner shipping, but often in unexpected ways and places. And, pricing is only one part of the reasons why.

By Barry Parker or the past decade, ‘Consolidation’ has been a re- and Ensco poised to take over Rowan), the liner sector, which saw liable hallmark throughout the shipping and off- a whole spate of combinations over the past three years, is now shore businesses. While recent deals are being seen concentrating on optimizing the giant ecosystems that have been in drybulk (Starbulk buying various feets), tankers created in recent years. And, perhaps, it is the ocean liner sector (Euronav acquiring Gener8) and in the offshore which has generated the most interesting trends, something that

Fsector (behemoth Transocean acquiring Ocean Rig promises to continue into the future. 28 Maritime Logistics Professional September/October 2018 | |