“Africa is the market of today, but especially of tomorrow” – Jeune Afrique

2023-06-05 12:19:43

“The transfer of the year. This is how the specialized press described the appointment, announced at the end of 2019, of Soren Toft, then a member of the board of directors of Maersk, as Managing Director of MSC. By the time the Dane, aged 45 at the time, officially took up his post a year later with the Italian-Swiss shipowner, the latter had just overtaken its competitor to become the world’s leading shipping company.

MSC has since acquired the group’s assets Bollore in Africa to become one of the very first providers of transport services on the continent, all modes combined. Only a few months following the finalization of this operation at 5.7 billion euros, Soren Toft details the strategy followed by MSC on the continent. It also reviews the major developments awaiting the sector maritime.

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Bolloré, MSC and the great upheaval of maritime logistics in Africa

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