FRANKFURT, Sept 4 (Reuters) - German container shippinggroup Hapag-Lloyd has taken further steps inpreparation of a stock market listing and has mandated morebanks for the move, but it remains undecided on the timing ofthe deal, people familiar with the situation said.
Credit Suisse, Citi and HSBC havebeen asked to help organise the initial public offering,alongside global coordinators Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, andBerenberg, the people said. Three further banks including MMWarburg are acting in further roles, one of the people said.
Hapag-Lloyd and the banks declined to comment. (Reporting by Arno Schuetze and Alexander Hübner; Additionalreporting by Freya Berry and Jan Schwartz; Editing by MariaSheahan)