Major logistics firms expect higher rates to increase earnings despite uncertain 2022

Sea freight volumes dived in Q1, and the economic growth is threatened, but logistics companies Kuehne + Nagel and DSV still predict that bottlenecks and high freight rates will ensure strong earnings for the rest of 2022.
According to DSV's CEO Jens Bjørn Andersen, it is difficult to say anything with certainty on the economic development in 2022. The war in Ukraine and Covid may alter things rapidly. | Photo: Lars Krabbe/Foto: Lars Krabbe/Ritzau Scanpix
According to DSV's CEO Jens Bjørn Andersen, it is difficult to say anything with certainty on the economic development in 2022. The war in Ukraine and Covid may alter things rapidly. | Photo: Lars Krabbe/Foto: Lars Krabbe/Ritzau Scanpix

DSV and Kuehne + Nagel expect that continued bottlenecks and high rates on the freight market will bring them more than unharmed through a 2022 that appears increasingly dark for the world economy as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s attack on Ukraine.

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