Comment / EXCLUSIVE M&A radar: Mærsk to snap up German air freight firm – sources

ABMW

By Alessandro Pasetti

21/10/2021

When I did my (then compulsory) military service in Italy in 1997, joining one special ’assault arm’ of the Esercito Italiano mostly known for dealing with explosives, our daily motto was:

“Insist and resist”.

I fully embraced that attitude in the past 72 hours, as I tried to find out the next target for AP Møller-Mærsk (APMM), but to no avail. Until today, when the news came looking for me.

I had previously asked in the Far East and Middle East, nothing. I ...

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