Comment / Supply chain radar: What's the point of Maersk's US customs buy?

When details of the Stay Ahead plan of AP Møller Mærsk (APMM) were exclusively reported by The Loadstar in October, it immediately appeared clear that the Danish group would need to embrace deal-making to reinforce its new identity. Spurred by new ideas of doing business, its executive management was, we were told, looking to add heft to its network in the US, trying to connect the dots of the vast supply chain management activities they run.

 A few weeks later it was rumoured to be looking at ...