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A least 4,000 of Maersk Line’s 23,000 global land-based staff are facing redundancy before the end of 2017, as the world’s biggest container line adapts to a depressingly weak demand outlook.

This is the first significant cutback in staff for the carrier since 2012, when it ...

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