Maersk Group: Good Operational Result for 2nd Quarter 2013

Maersk Group has delivered a good operational result for the second quarter and made a strong and consistent progress regaining industry’s leading position in terms of profitability.

“We deliver a good operational result for the quarter thanks to improved performance in most of our businesses. Maersk Line has made strong and consistent progress and is now an industry leader in terms of profitability,” says Group CEO Nils S. Andersen.

“APM Terminals continues to deliver good results, and Maersk Drilling had its best quarter ever based on strong operational performance.

“Oil production was relatively low, but it has bottomed out now and will return to growth in the second half of the year.

“On Group level, we seek to further advance performance and growth by establishing a fifth core business unit with a target of USD 0.5 billion by 2016.”

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Maersk Group, August 16, 2013