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We wouldn’t normally post a financial report as a Loadstar Lead, as they tend to be pretty heavy reading, apart from anything else. But Maersk is such a behemoth – the biggest container shipping line; one of the biggest terminal operators; and in Damco, also a major freight forwarder – that it is probably fair to say that taking the pulse of this group gives us a fair idea of the health of the global freight markets. And the outlook? “Considerable uncertainty.”