Jumaine,
I have to disagree with you when you say P&ONL should be happy to be part of the Maersk group.
Firstly P&ONL are not part of the maersk group as they dont exist, it was a take over and not merger which means that the (UK) & the netherlands no longer have a global leader in liner shipping.
The P&O & Nedlloyd names have very strong histories in their respective countires and around the world and this is now lost for ever, even though the nedlloyd name is being kept on some of the vessels.
I dont dislike maersk line I very much enjoying seeing their vessels in southampton and i am very interested in the company and admire how successfull they are, but having worked for P&ONL for many years and having seen many friends lose their jobs i was very upset when the take over happend even though it had been on the cards for some time.
I do believe that P&ONL was poorly managed, and was given up far to easily in my opinion the management seemed more interested in short term gains for sharholders )myself being one) rather than growing the company, only a few years ago there were rumours of P&ONL buying Hapag Lloyd.
Their are now rumours of maersk buying Hapag Lloyd and i for one hope this doesnt happen as we dint want every container vessel being blue.
So far maersk has taken over EAC,Ben Line,Sealand,Safmarine,P&ONL....hapaglloyd??...who else?
rgds
Andrew
