Container shipping 2025: Hapag-Lloyd outlook, Swire’s transpacific strategy and Scan Global’s insights

The Loadstar · Jan 16, 2025 · 1h

In this special episode of The Loadstar podcast, host Mike King unpacks a turbulent start to the year for container shipping. With major developments like the averted US port strikes, new container shipping alliances, and a wave of fresh regulations, the stakes are high for global supply chains. Henrik Schilling, Hapag-Lloyd’s Managing Director for Global Commercial Development, discusses the impacts of port productivity differentials, alliance restructuring, and ambitious plans to boost schedule reliability via the carrier’s Gemini Cooperation with Maersk. Harry Stones, President of Swire…