The closer integration of freight forwarding and container shipping has driven corporate restructurings at Maersk and CMA CGM. Stand-alone freight forwarder K+N’s controlling shareholder, Klaus-Michael Kuehne has been somewhat critical of the moves and has noted “who will prevail in the end? Our specialists are very confident that we will be in the end” citing neutral advice and other value-added services. On U.S. seaborne import routes K+N has seen somewhat lower growth than average recently with growth of 11.3% in October compared to the industry’s 16.8% ris...