Straight Talk with Rolf Habben Jansen
Hapag-Lloyd AG
Podcast
Join Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO of Hapag-Lloyd, for direct and insightful conversations on the key developments shaping container shipping, global trade, and maritime logistics. Together with maritime journalist Janet Porter, each episode explores current industry challenges, market trends, supply chain disruptions, sustainability, innovation, and the people behind global shipping. A podcast for everyone who wants clear perspectives on the forces moving world trade.
The hidden strength of mergers & acquisitions
12.08.2026•18:22
In the third episode of Straight Talk with Rolf Habben Jansen, maritime journalist Janet Porter speaks with Hapag-Lloyd's CEO about two decades of consolidation in container shipping: lessons from the CP Ships, CSAV and UASC mergers, why people, systems and customers decide success or failure, how cultures blend, where synergies really come from, and how much further consolidation the industry could see.
How globalization is reshaping world trade
16.06.2026•26:59
In the second episode of Straight Talk with Rolf Habben Jansen, maritime journalist Janet Porter speaks with Hapag-Lloyd’s CEO about 70 years of containerization, changing trade patterns, nearshoring, tariffs, emerging markets, vessel sizes, EVs in containers, and why he remains cautiously optimistic about the future of global trade.
The Strait of Hormuz and its impact on global supply chains
09.05.2026•27:55
In the first episode of Straight Talk with Rolf Habben Jansen, maritime journalist Janet Porter speaks with Hapag-Lloyd’s CEO about the Strait of Hormuz crisis, stranded crews and cargo, rising costs, customer impacts, network resilience, and the outlook for a return to normal trade flows through the Gulf and Suez.