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I warned in August, when Maersk announced its second-quarter results that it was too early to celebrate, and three months later it appears that the company’s executive management team has misjudged the market.
This is more relevant because of the possibility that it will end up owning Singapore container shipping line Neptune Orient Lines. A deal would signal a u-turn in Maersk’s recent strategy, which has focused on – but not managed to deliver – higher returns per unit, particularly in ...
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Analysis: Maersk Line's parent is facing some difficult financial decisions - The Loadstar
August 16, 2016 at 1:38 pm[…] Having misjudged the cycle in the recent times under the stewardship of Nils Andersen, it must now decide whether the current corporate structure of the group remains viable, or whether it should become leaner, one reason being that Maersk could probably do without stringent capital requirements at a time when challenging conditions in most of its end markets are likely to persist. […]