Is liner shipping becoming a story of big fish and little fish?

The past year was one that saw leading operators forge alliances on a scale never before witnessed in the sector.

It also witnessed the return of a taste for mergers and acquisitions (M&As) that had been lost for the best part of a decade.

The result has been the formation of larger, well-capitalised companies deploying bigger containerships and taking a greater market share and bigger volumes.

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