OceanX: Liner profits surge; EU trucking and national security; clock ticking on booking platforms

ID 8964120 © Spectruminfo | Dreamstime.com By Ruben Huber 5 October 2026 Welcome to Q4 and the wonderful month of October. If you are on the carrier side that certainly is the case, for example Hapag Lloyd just raised its earnings outlook – a little bump that tells you that this industry is truly no longer about strategy and execution, but merely about luck. So those “geopolitical challenges“ and that “high degree of uncertainty“ is likely to pay off again. Employees at these highly profitable liners seem less happy though, take those on strike ...