After a preliminary evaluation of the offers received for acquire about 40% of the capital of the shipping company containerized HMM in their possession, already in recent days the South Korean financial institutions Korea Development Bank and the Korea Ocean Business Corporation would have removed the German Hapag-Lloyd from the list of candidate buyers, which would now be restricted to South Korean companies LX International, Harim Co. and Dongwon Industries Co., Ltd. This was anticipated by the South Korean media in waiting for the list of selected tenderers to be officially announced made known, which should happen in the coming hours.

The Hamburg company would have submitted its offer after requesting the sales prospectus from the advisor Samsung Securities, thereby expressing its interest in possible purchase ( of 17 and 21 August 2023). This always according to media reports South Koreans given that Hapag-Lloyd's participation in the phase preliminary sale has not been confirmed either by KDB nor from KOBC.

The possible sale of the share to the German company has South Korean maritime operators are alarmed that, for voice of the Federation of Korea Maritime Industries (FKMI), have expressed their firm opposition to this possibility. ( of 25 August 2023). This is probably also in consideration the fact that, if the sale procedure is relative to 40% approximately of HMM's capital, this stake could rise to 58% if the creditors of KDB and KOBC were to convert their HMM bonds in equities.