Maersk reaches out to China anti-trust authorities on alliance plans

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Maersk Line may well be correct that its proposed vessel sharing agreement with MSC doesn’t need anti-monopoly approval from Chinese regulators, but after Beijing’s rejection of the P3 it would appear chief executive Soren Skou is leaving nothing to chance after he paid a visit to the corridors of power in the Chinese capital last week, making the Ministry of Commerce his first stop and “discussed the ministry’s decision to block the previous alliance, the new pact and monopoly issues”.