A.P.Moeller-Mærsk A/S

Overview

A.P. Møller–Mærsk A/S (Maersk) is a global container-shipping and logistics company whose principal businesses are Ocean, Logistics & Services, and Terminals. Its services connect ocean and inland transport with freight forwarding, warehousing, customs and supply-chain logistics.[1]+2

The company operates in 130 countries and reports 53 operating terminal facilities across 29 countries. Its stated purpose is to guide trade so it shares economic and social benefits without harming people, communities or the environment; its vision is to be the “Global Integrator” of customers’ supply chains.[4]+3

For FY2025, Maersk reported revenue of USD 53.988 billion and 107,638 employees. Founded in Svendborg, Denmark, its history dates to 1904.[1][7] [1]+6

Products & services

Maersk’s ocean-freight services include container shipping and related demurrage and detention, terminal handling, documentation, container services, and storage. Named offerings include Maersk Spot, an online booking service with instant pricing, a loading guarantee, booking amendments, and door-to-door options; Maersk Accelerate, which offers priority cargo handling and optional express inland delivery; and ECO Delivery Ocean, which uses lower-emissions fuels and can reduce well-to-wake emissions by up to 85% compared with fossil fuels.[8]+3

Logistics and supply-chain services include Lead Logistics, Project Logistics, Cold Chain Logistics, and custom services, as well as freight forwarding, integrated contract logistics, and landside transportation.[12][13] Terminal offerings include container handling and storage, reefer and gate services, and other add-on services. Maersk also describes Port Mirror, a digital twin for simulating terminal operations and forecasting congestion, and Berth Planner for vessel line-ups and berth optimisation.[14]+2 In its 2026 first-half reporting, Maersk separately reported revenue categories including ocean freight, other ocean revenue, forwarding, integrated contract logistics, landside transportation, terminal services, container sales and spare parts, and other services; it does not provide product-level revenue for named offerings such as Spot or ECO Delivery Ocean.[13] [8]+13

Geographic presence

Maersk operates in almost 130 countries. Its APM Terminals business has a global network of 63 ports and terminals in 35 countries.[17][18]

At year-end 2025, Maersk reported 107,638 employees across five regions: Europe 32,737; Asia Pacific 26,781; Indian subcontinent, Middle East and Africa 23,184; North America 13,650; and Latin America 11,286.[19][20] The FY2025 report presents revenue by business segment rather than by country or geographic region; it does not provide a geographic revenue breakdown in that segment disclosure.[21][22] [17]+5

Business segments

Maersk’s reported business areas include Ocean, Logistics & Services (L&S), and Terminals. Ocean covers container shipping and related freight services; L&S comprises managed, fulfillment and transportation services; Terminals operates port and gateway-terminal services. L&S’s service lines are Forwarding (freight forwarding), Solutions (integrated contract logistics) and Landside (transportation and other landside services).[23]+2 Effective 1 April 2026, Maersk reorganized L&S: Forwarding, Solutions and Landside became operating and reportable segments, while L&S itself ceased to be one.[26][27]

For the six months ended 30 June 2026, external revenue was $17.715bn for Ocean (about 61.7% of consolidated revenue), $8.335bn for L&S (about 29.0%) and $1.979bn for Terminals (about 6.9%). Consolidated revenue was $28.727bn; unallocated items contributed another $698m (about 2.4%). The reported L&S total is useful as a grouped comparison alongside the new service-line structure.[28]

Within the 2026 service-line presentation, revenue was $1.578bn for Forwarding, $2.455bn for Solutions and $4.305bn for Landside. These service-line amounts are a separate revenue presentation and include eliminations, so they should not be added to the reported segment totals.[25][29] [23]+13

Company history

A.P. Møller and his father, Peter Mærsk Møller, founded the Steamship Company Svendborg in 1904, the predecessor of A.P. Møller–Mærsk; A.P. Møller established a second steamship company in 1912. The company began liner service between the United States and Asia in 1928 and entered the Asia–Europe trade in 1968.[30]+2

Maersk launched its first containerised service in 1975. After A.P. Møller’s death in 1965, his son Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller led the company as CEO until 1993 and later as chairman until 2003.[33][34] In 1999 it acquired Sea-Land and Safmarine, followed by P&O Nedlloyd in 2005, strengthening its container-shipping business.[32]

In 2016 Maersk announced a strategic shift from a diversified conglomerate toward an integrated transport and logistics company. It acquired Hamburg Süd in 2017 and subsequently separated several oil-related and other businesses, including Maersk Oil and Maersk Drilling.[30]+3 In 2022 it expanded its logistics activities through acquisitions including Pilot Freight Services and LF Logistics; Svitzer was separated and separately listed in 2024.[38]+2 [30]+10

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