$4.2B shipping ‘mega-merger’ would create ‘supersized tanker behemoth’

tanker shipping merger Euronav Frontline

Analysts broke out the superlatives after a blockbuster plan to merge of Euronav and Frontline was announced Thursday.

Evercore ISI’s Jon Chappell called it a “mega-merger” that would create a “supersized tanker behemoth.” “A crude tanker powerhouse,” wrote Clarksons Platou Securities’ Frode Mørkedal. Stifel’s Ben Nolan hailed the rise of a “tanker super major,” Deutsche Bank’s Amit Mehrotra, a “tanker juggernaut.”

The stock-for-stock transaction would produce the world’s largest tanker player....

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‘A perfect fit’ – Scan Global snaps up air and ocean forwarding arm of Werner

Scan Global Logistics has snapped-up Werner Global Logistics (WGL), the air and ocean forwarding arm of major US trucking brokerage Werner Enterprises.
WGL serves customers in the US, Mexico and China, its international forwarding operations generating $53m in 2020, and Werner said it would continue to provide North American truck brokerage, freight management, intermodal and final-mile services.
WGL is the latest in a string of acquisitions for Danish forwarder SGL after it …

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Retail consolidation keeps shippers compliant with retailers’ new requirements

RJW Group truck on highway in mountains

A recent webinar hosted by Illinois-based RJW Logistics Group addressed what so many panicked shoppers discovered at retail stores across the country this spring and summer: empty shelves and inventory shortages. If a brand was out of stock, the consumer had no choice but to buy another brand — and perhaps stockpile it. 

In response to these supply chain disruptions and low in-stocks, Walmart released a memo Sept. 1 telling its suppliers that shipments must achieve 98% on-time and in-full (OTIF)...

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