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25/01/2023at 14:44

End of 2M alliance could trigger a domino effect

A new reality on freight markets and a need for fewer ties could be main reasons behind MSC and Maersk terminating their partnership. More alliance dissolutions could be coming, according to shipping analyst.
Chief execs of Maersk and MSC, Vincent Clerc and Søren Toft, acknowledges that much have changed for the carriers since launching the 2M alliance. For that reason, the partnership is now ended. | Photo: Jacob Gronholt-pedersen/reuters/ritzau Scanpix og Jason Decrow/ap/ritzau Scanpix
by ASTRID STURLASON, JENS THOMSEN

The termination of the collaboration between the world’s two largest container liners, MSC and Maersk, could unleash a domino effect making other alliances disintegrate as well, several industry observers predict.

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