Higher freight rates more than offset modest container volume gains as A.P. Moller-Maersk saw revenue and profits improve in the third-quarter.
Ocean segment revenue increased to $15.8 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30 from $12.1 billion in the year-ago quarter, the Copenhagen, Denmark-based parent of liner operator Maersk said in an earnings release. Earnings before interest and taxes of $2.8 billion reversed a loss of $27 million on disruptions to shipping from attacks by Yemen-based...
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