An $8 Billion Payout From Maersk Raises Questions for Creditors

  • Goldman Sachs estimates Maersk may return up to $8 billion
  • The world’s biggest shipping company is 2 steps above junk

Shipping containers from the AP Moller-Maersk A/S company.

Photographer: Vincent Mundy/Bloomberg
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Shareholders in the world’s biggest container-shipping company may get up to $8 billion in payouts next year, according to Goldman Sachs.

That’s great news for equity investors in A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, but it raises a number of questions for the Danish company’s creditors.