Hapag-Lloyd CEO: counter offer for HHLA would not be in our interest

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG

14/09/2023 14:53

BERLIN, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Hapag-Lloyd  HLAG.DE  CEO
Rolf Habben Jansen said on Thursday that it would not be in the
container shipper's interest to make an offer for HHLA
 HHFGn.DE  after Swiss-based logistics giant MSC submitted its
own bid for a stake in the company.
    Speaking to Reuters in an interview, Habben Jansen said that
as a result of MSC's bid, Hapag-Lloyd could reduce its transport
to Central Europe through Hamburg to about 70 or 80% of current
volumes.
    On Wednesday, MSC, the world's biggest container shipping
company, offered to buy almost half of the main operator of
Hamburg port in a deal that could be worth nearly 1.3 billion
euros ($1.4 billion).

 (Reporting by Jan Schwartz, Writing by Friederike Heine,
Editing by Miranda Murray)
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