🔥Hapag-Lloyd CEO’s Warning: Tariffs, Trade Shocks, and a Freight Collapse!
📉 Rates are falling, flows are shifting — Jansen just revealed 10 Real-Time Insights You Can’t Miss!
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🔥Greetings, Maritime Mavericks!
We’re in the middle of a tariff-powered storm. 🌪️ Global trade lanes are twisting, cargo flows are shifting, and CEOs are recalibrating in real-time.
This week, we spotlight Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO of Hapag-Lloyd, who shared 10 blunt insights in a recent webinar—straight from the bridge of one of the world’s top carriers. It’s not about panic. It’s about perspective.
💡 Here are 10 must-know insights from Jansen himself:
🚢 “It’s been an interesting ride.”
A calm understatement about a chaotic start to 2025.
📉 “We saw an erosion of the spot rates... stronger than normal seasonal patterns.”
Post–Chinese New Year, freight rates dipped faster than expected.
💲 “At the beginning of April we had liberation day in the US where all the reciprocal tariffs were announced.”
The tariff hammer dropped, again.
📦 “There was a severe impact on cargo flows between China and the US.”
Volumes fell by 20–30%, shifting global demand patterns.