Maersk, MSC to End Shipping Alliance as Strategies Diverge
- Container giants increasingly focus on land-based logistics
- Partnership was formed in 2015 to cut costs on key trade lanes
Maersk and MSC together control about one-third of the world’s container capacity.
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A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S and Mediterranean Shipping Co., the world’s largest container lines, will end a partnership of pooling cargo on their vessels after a decade as their rivalry in global logistics intensifies.