GERMANY: PROS AND CONS OF RESTRUCTURED TERMINAL OPERATIONS
When it comes to mergers, some may say ‘what is good goes fast’. Others say ‘nothing good comes easy’. The Copenhagen Malmo merger was in the first category, the logic of the merger was immediately embraced and swiftly executed, even when hurdles needed to be overcome. The Antwerp Zeebrugge merger was in the second category: a long road with many obstacles and an initial lukewarm response to the idea of a merger.
When it comes to mergers, some may say ‘what is good goes fast’. Others say ‘nothing good comes easy’. The Copenhagen Malmo merger was in the first category, the logic of the merger was immediately embraced and swiftly executed, even when hurdles needed to be overcome. The Antwerp Zeebrugge merger was in the second category: a long road with many obstacles and an initial lukewarm response to the idea of a merger.