“Shape-shifting” is how Sarah Banks, global freight and logistics lead at Accenture, describes 2021.
There have, of course, been many changes, but perhaps the one with the longest-term effect is the massive growth in M&A, spurred on by vast profits, particularly for shipping lines.
And the M&A news just keeps on coming, as any end-of-year-fatigued freight journalist will tell you.
This week alone: MSC made a €5.7bn bid for Bolloré Africa Logistics; Maersk …

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