Søren Toft tries to assuage critics of MSC's move into Hamburg

Dockworkers have protested against the carrier’s purchase of shares in Hamburg’s largest terminal operator, but the critics have nothing to fear, according to MSC.
Søren Toft (left) and Hamburg's Social Democratic Lord Mayor, Peter Tschentscher (right), shake hands after the announcement of the sale of HHLA shares to MSC. | Photo: Christian Charisius/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
Søren Toft (left) and Hamburg's Social Democratic Lord Mayor, Peter Tschentscher (right), shake hands after the announcement of the sale of HHLA shares to MSC. | Photo: Christian Charisius/AP/Ritzau Scanpix

Hamburg’s sale of almost half of the shares in the city’s port company, HHLA, to the world’s largest container shipping company, MSC, has sparked criticism and protests from dockworkers and the opposition in the city counil. 

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