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The merger did not come as a surprise. Lon- don-based MacAndrews & Company Ltd has formed part of CMA CGM Group since 2002, while OPDR - Oldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei – was acquired over a dec-
the world’s oldest still surviving shipping company. Founded in 1770, it has ever since offered custom- ers reliable transport services connecting markets in Great Britain, the Iberian peninsular and Poland. OP-
ade later, in 2015. Even
before the merger, a close
partnership existed be-
tween the two shipown-
ers, who were jointly offer-
ing liner services between
Northern Europe and the
Iberian peninsular. Amal-
gamating the two compa-
nies was the next logical
step for CMA CGM Group,
also serving to consolidate
in Europe. The new company can unquestionably claim to have amassed experience. MacAndrews is
Shortsea-Power
2018 started with the merger of two sector veterans, MacAndrews and OPDR. French shipowners CMA CGM had announced the merger of the two specialists in European shortsea trades at the end of November. Head office of the new MacAndrews brand will be in the fine Hanseatic city of Hamburg.
Shortsea splendid
services as
DR was founded back in 1882. The company has also been specializing in European shortsea and logistics services, main- ly covering markets in Central and Northern Europe, Spain, Portugal and Morocco.
Knut Sander, Managing Partner of Mu- nich-based internation-
alternative, complementing road and rail in domestic European
and advance its portfolio
al forwarder Robert Kukla, takes a very positive view of the merger: “A long, businesslike friend- ship links us with McAndrews and OPDR. The
transport
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