Maersk and the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) broke ground last week on an integrated logistics park at Jeddah Islamic Port.

Maersk is one of the biggest and well-known names in shipping, but sees its future as integrator providing full end-to-end freight logistics solutions rather than simply a point-to-point container line.

AP Moller – Maersk reports its best ever profit of $30.9bn for 2022, but expects to make less than a fifth of that this year as the container shipping market softens.

Maersk had a busy few days last week announcing the end of the 2M alliance with rival MSC and plans to consolidate branding under the Danish parent’s name and dropping longstanding brands including Hamburg Sud and SeaLand.

The world’s two largest container lines Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Maersk are to end their 2M alliance in 2025.

Danish line Maersk’s Chongqing organisation in China officially commenced operations on 9 January 2023.

AP Moller – Maersk has completed its acquisition of Danish project logistics company Martin Bencher.

Maersk and China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Lin-gang Special Area have inked a land use contract for Maersk to construct a logistics warehouse at Lin-gang.

Container shipping line Maersk and Chinese electric automobile manufacturer NIO have inked agreement to deepen logistics co-operation.

Maersk have signed a letter of intent for to offtake green methanol from Sungas Renewables’ US production facilities.