UASC emerges afront-runner to acquire lose-making NOL's fleet & 2.8pc market share
Time:2015-08-05
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According to analysts, the carrier has lost $1 billion in the past four years amid a downturn in global trade, persistently weak freight rates, with Asia-Europe spot rates at six-year lows, and serious overcapacity with the on-going stream of mega vessels joining the world fleet to realize greater economies of scale.
NOL has a modern fleet and commands a 2.8 per cent market share of the global box shipping trade, according to media reports.
The global shipping sector`s debt has doubled to $86 billion over the past decade, Singapore director of Drewry Equity Research, Rahul Kapoor, told Reuters.
Industry sources say Germany`s Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Sud are also looking to acquire NOL.