{"id":23631,"date":"2023-01-05T09:08:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T09:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/bollore-msc-and-the-shake-up-of-maritime-logistics-in-africa-2"},"modified":"2023-01-05T09:52:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T09:52:20","slug":"bollore-msc-and-the-shake-up-of-maritime-logistics-in-africa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/bollore-msc-and-the-shake-up-of-maritime-logistics-in-africa-2","title":{"rendered":"Bollor\u00e9, MSC and the shake-up of maritime logistics in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span><\/a>The negotiations for the purchase of Bollore\u0301 Africa Logistics comes at a time when the cards in logistics – from the seas to port infrastructures – have been shuffled by the Covid-19 crisis.<\/p>\n

The change has been accelerated by the significant capital gains made by the giants in the sector. It is up to Africa to take advantage of this. For two years now, global shipping has been navigating waters troubled by the outbreak of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

In face of the pandemic, operators had to quickly review their plans and keep a mindful eye on their compasses to stay on course, avoid sinking, and now, to avoid overheating the engine room.<\/p>\n

Far from having subsided, the Covid-19 storm continues to disrupt the smooth running of world trade and is putting ever greater strain on supply chains.<\/p>\n

The latter are already under pressure due to the desynchronisation of national economies, which open and close according to the capricious waves of the virus, and due to the disorganisation of a maritime sector plunged into a sea of uncertainty, from which wild stories emerge from between the reefs.<\/p>\n

It is in this context that on 15 October, at 9:52 am to be exact, a rumour caused shudders at African port terminals. According to Le Monde, the Bollore\u0301 group is ready to sell its transport and logistics activities on the continent.<\/p>\n

It was said to have commissioned investment bank Morgan Stanley to discreetly evaluate market interest and identify buyers interested in taking over Bollore\u0301 Transport & Logistics (BTL), created in 2018 from the ashes of Bollore\u0301 Africa Logistics (BAL).<\/p>\n

The announcement seemed to take everyone by surprise, even within the company itself, where staff swore they had not seen it coming and did not comment further.<\/p>\n

However, there is no doubt, for many observers of the case, that the leak was orchestrated from the upper echelons of the Puteaux headquarters. \u201cA way of testing the waters,\u201d says one of them. Vincent Bollore\u0301 is an investor. He looks at the bids and sees if there is a good deal to be had.<\/p>\n

The Breton businessman has never hesitated to sell off his assets \u2013 even the most traditional ones, such as plantations \u2013 to finance the expansion of his group and, in recent years, his diversification into the media world.<\/p>\n

On 20 December 2021, without prior notice, as revealed by Africa Business +, the Bollore\u0301 group confirmed the opening of exclusive negotiations with the Italian-Swiss group Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) for the purchase of Bollore\u0301 Africa Logistics, for an enterprise value of \u20ac5.7bn (net of minority interests).<\/p>\n

The details of the assets included in the transaction, as well as the timing and reasons for the deal, are being debated. Is it a way for the leader of port handling in Africa to get rid of old activities within BAL, which after having been the group\u2019s cash machine for a long time, have become a source of troubles and legal problems following the eviction of BTL from the Douala terminal in 2020?<\/p>\n

If this is Bollore\u0301\u2019s intention, then the financial loss would indeed be considerable for the group, whose African port assets, plus three railway concessions, are currently valued at between \u20ac2bn ($2.3bn) to \u20ac3bn ($3.4bn)<\/p>\n

A few months before his retirement, set for 17 February 2022 \u2013 the date of the bicentenary of the creation of the family business \u2013 is the 69-year-old billionaire thinking of removing himself from Africa or from all of his transport and logistics activities? Since taking the reins in 2017, his son Cyrille \u2013 the designated successor \u2013 has not shown any real interest either.<\/p>\n

Whatever the scenario, should a sale materialise in the next few months (MSC has until March 2022 to \u2018submit a promise to purchase\u2019), the network of infrastructure and services \u2013 patiently built up by Bollore\u0301 over the decades across the continent \u2013 is likely to attract interest.<\/p>\n

This is particularly true of shipping companies, which, with their pockets full thanks to the surge in freight rates since the beginning of 2021, are looking to get their hands on various links in the transport chain: on land, at sea and in the air.<\/p>\n

Several maritime transport giants have launched \u2018vertical integration\u2019 drives worth hundreds of millions of dollars in a bid to better cover supply lines across air, sea and land.<\/p>\n

Denmark\u2019s Maersk, the world\u2019s largest shipowner, has just spent $550m to strengthen its air transport business; the Italian-Swiss MSC is surging forwards with the development of its land-based subsidiary Terminal Investment Limited (TIL) across Africa and the world; the Chinese Cosco is multiplying the number of terminals it has taken over in northern European after having made Piraeus its hub in the Mediterranean; while the French CMA-CGM is also getting into air freight after investing \u20ac1.8bn ($2bn) at the end of 2019, to take over the Swiss Ceva, one of the world\u2019s top ten logistics companies.<\/p>\n

Everyone is potentially interested in a possible acquisition of Bollore\u0301\u2019s port and land facilities in Africa. So much so that the matter is being followed very closely by the E\u0301lyse\u0301e Palace.<\/p>\n

The announcement of exclusive negotiations with MSC came as a surprise, as President Emmanuel Macron seems reluctant to see one of France\u2019s main industrial activities, a key player on the continent in a very strategic sector, fly under another flag other than CMA-CGM\u2019s.<\/p>\n

The Marseille-based operator had been quick with a helping hand, after recently having saved However, in the case of Bollore\u0301\u2019s port assets, there is no one to save and therefore no urgency to sell.<\/p>\n

The transport and logistics branch was still announcing a 34% increase in turnover for the third quarter of 2021, with a net profit of \u20ac1.9bn ($2.1bn), notably \u201cthanks to the performance recorded on the African terminals\u201d, the group stated in a press release dated 21 October, less than a week after the revelations from the French press.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe company continues to earn money and do business,\u201d says Armand Hounto, maritime consultant at International Trade Partners.<\/p>\n

This is the case for all major shipping and port companies, which have amassed colossal wealth over the past year since the tremendous rebound in global consumption.<\/p>\n

If the shipowners initially had no choice but to anchor nearly 30% of their transport capacity in the Norwegian fjords, the demand for goods, boosted by the various recovery plans and the rise of e-commerce, quickly forced them to take off at full steam again.<\/p>\n

After having fallen by 3.8% in 2020, a first since the 2009 crisis, maritime activity should grow again by 4.3% this year, according to the latest study on maritime transport published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on 18 November, and the trend is set to continue, at least for the few years needed to rebalance services.<\/p>\n

The pandemic caused complete \u2018technical chaos\u2019 throughout the maritime world, which the recovery, as strong as it was sudden, has only amplified. They have shown exceptional resilience, knowing how to show great flexibility in terms of capacity during the health crisis.<\/p>\n

In July, nearly 10% of the world\u2019s entire container fleet was tied up in more than 100 congested ports, with 60% of shipments delayed. The acute shortage of containers on the market, due to poor positioning and a shortage of aluminum from major Chinese producers, combined with various bottlenecks, caused an unprecedented surge in freight rates on major shipping lanes.<\/p>\n

Between Asia and North America, fares have more than doubled in a year, while they have tripled from Asia to Europe. Africa, too, has seen prices rise as a result of the East-West repositioning of the large ships that have served the continent in recent years.<\/p>\n

The routes from Shanghai to Lagos and Durban are now among the most expensive services on offer worldwide. The years of hardship for shipping companies that have long been forced to survive in oceans of overcapacity have come to an end.<\/p>\n

Rather than launching into a trade war \u2013 as in 2009 \u2013 from which only the strongest survive, the shipowners, most of whom were heavily indebted, have this time focused on profitability.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have shown exceptional resilience, knowing how to show great flexibility in terms of capacity during the health crisis,\u201d says Yann Alix, consultant and general delegate to the Sefacil Foundation, based in Le Havre, and now they are reapin Still weighed down in 2019 by a global debt estimated at $95bn, maritime operators should share a record profit of $100bn at the end of this year, according to the British firm Drewry.<\/p>\n

This will be enough to pay off their debts, invest in the development of new businesses or in the renewal of the world fleet, while accelerating the digital revolution, as well as the energy and environmental transition.<\/p>\n

To comply with the standards issued by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the commitment to zero-carbon shipping by 2040, companies are already having to spend a fortune.<\/p>\n

\u201cFreight rates will not soon return to their pre-pandemic levels,\u201d says Yann Alix. The days of \u2018happy ultra-globalisation\u2019, facilitated by transport costs that did not exceed 2% of the final price of a product, seem to be over.<\/p>\n

According to UNCTAD, the impact of higher freight rates on consumers could reach 11% for electronics and computers, and 10% for textiles and furniture.<\/p>\n

Such rates will both challenge existing supply chains, which have already been severely hampered by Covid-19, and redefine the typology of containerised products.<\/p>\n

There is uncertainty as to whether Africa \u2013 or South America \u2013 have enough 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) at current prices to continue exporting timber and agricultural products in boxes, as has been the practice in recent years.<\/p>\n

Despite its economic development, the continent still represents only 4% of international freight traffic, and the trend will not be reversed in the immediate future if shipowners transfer their capacities to other regions.<\/p>\n

Subjected to the same uncertainties, and faced with the possible relocation of certain productions, Africa may finally have an opportunity to seize by inserting itself into the famous value chains that are supposed to strengthen its industrial and economic development.<\/p>\n

Looking towards Europe, even Asia, but above all else towards its own domestic market, which, with the arrival of the AfCFTA (African Continental Free Trade Area), will have nearly 1.3 billion consumers by 2030.<\/p>\n

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