Comment / M&A radar: PE, UPS, Lineage Logistics – let MCI's game of musical chairs begin

Maersk Container Industry’s $1bn sale, initially agreed with China’s CIMC in September 2021 and called off last month due to regulatory hurdles, remains open to several mouth-watering outcomes, in our view.

Truth be told, parent company AP Møller-Mærsk (APMM) may not get as much as initially envisaged but the prized asset shouldn’t be hard to sell, if properly marketed.

Two in one

What a buyer would get, is the state-of-the-art R&D division in Copenhagen, as duly highlighted last week by Premium – Mærsk Container ...