Comment / Maersk vs MSC – shenanigans in Aarhus?

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Is there something rotten in the state of Denmark?

September has obviously become Premium’s Shakespeare month: last week it was the surreal resemblance that ILA president Harold Daggett bears to King Lear; today we turn to Hamlet, and the possibility of the Danish port of Aarhus becoming the new stage for Maersk and MSC to resume their rivalry.

Reports from Denmark suggest that MSC has entered into talks with Aarhus port authority, owned by Aarhus city municipality, the country’s second largest city, ...