SupplyChain Magazine October 2015 | Page 46

CONTAINERSHIPS
Containerships is a multimodal operator such as the UK , France and Germany ; there is still a big future growth opportunity there . “ Of course the sanctions have affected us to an extent , but the direct impact hasn ’ t been that huge . The bigger impact has been the Russian economy slowing down and decreased spending habits . The normal levels of customer consumption are down - that is having the larger impact on us .
“ Our company and owners have been working in Russia since 1990 though and we have faced crises before , with recessions and so on . It ’ s not a new thing for us and so
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