https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Danish shipping giant Maersk said on Friday it was suspending two intercontinental transit routes because of the war in the Middle East. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260306/danish-shipping-giant-maersk-suspends-routes-over-mideast-war Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:51:04 +0100 danish-shipping-giant-maersk-suspends-routes-over-mideast-war Danish shipping company Maersk said on Sunday it was halting passage through the narrow Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf of Oman, next to Iran, for "safety" reasons. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260301/danish-shipping-giant-maersk-suspends-vessel-transit-through-strait-of-hormuz Sun, 01 Mar 2026 16:08:23 +0100 danish-shipping-giant-maersk-suspends-vessel-transit-through-strait-of-hormuz Danish shipping giant Maersk said Thursday that it would cut 1,000 corporate positions as it reported lower revenue for 2025 and warned of continued overcapacity in the shipping industry this year. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260205/denmarks-maersk-to-cut-1000-jobs-as-2025-sales-down Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:58:16 +0100 denmarks-maersk-to-cut-1000-jobs-as-2025-sales-down Danish shipping giant Maersk raised its 2025 earnings outlook on Thursday, owing to robust demand outside the United States amid President Donald Trump's tariff onslaught. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250807/danish-shipping-giant-maersk-raises-outlook-with-non-us-demand-high Thu, 07 Aug 2025 16:01:46 +0200 danish-shipping-giant-maersk-raises-outlook-with-non-us-demand-high Danish shipping giant Maersk, a bellwether for global trade, said on Thursday its net profit surged sixfold in the first quarter and maintained its full-year earnings outlook despite US President Donald Trump's tariffs onslaught. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250508/danish-shipping-giant-maersks-profit-surges-despite-trade-war Thu, 08 May 2025 14:01:20 +0200 danish-shipping-giant-maersks-profit-surges-despite-trade-war A shareholder resolution to force Danish shipping giant Maersk to respond to allegations it transported arms to Israel during the country's deadly offensive in Gaza failed on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250319/danish-shipping-giant-maersk-avoids-shareholder-resolution-on-alleged-israel-arms-transfers Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:24:52 +0100 danish-shipping-giant-maersk-avoids-shareholder-resolution-on-alleged-israel-arms-transfers A shareholder in Danish shipping giant Maersk will demand Tuesday that it respond to allegations it has transported arms to Israel during the country's deadly offensive in Gaza. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250318/danish-shipping-giant-maersk-faces-demands-to-address-alleged-israel-arms-shipments Tue, 18 Mar 2025 08:40:08 +0100 danish-shipping-giant-maersk-faces-demands-to-address-alleged-israel-arms-shipments Danish police on Monday said they had arrested 20 people at a protest demanding maritime transport company Maersk to stop delivering military equipment to Israel. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250225/danish-police-arrest-20-at-protest-against-maersk-shipments-to-israel Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:01:10 +0100 danish-police-arrest-20-at-protest-against-maersk-shipments-to-israel Danish shipping giant Maersk said Thursday that profits in the third quarter were six times higher than the same period last year as it maintains high prices to get trade through conflict zones. https://www.thelocal.dk/20241031/danish-shipping-giant-maersk-records-sixfold-profit-rise Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:29:32 +0100 danish-shipping-giant-maersk-records-sixfold-profit-rise Danish shipping giant Maersk said Thursday it expects its underlying profit in 2024 to be $2 billion higher than its previous forecast as freight rates have increased amid the crisis in the Red Sea. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240801/denmarks-maersk-ups-profit-target-by-2bn-on-red-sea-shipping-woes Thu, 01 Aug 2024 18:07:32 +0200 denmarks-maersk-ups-profit-target-by-2bn-on-red-sea-shipping-woes Danish shipping giant Maersk posted a huge drop in net profit for the first quarter on Thursday as Yemeni rebel attacks are forcing it to avoid the vital Red Sea route. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240502/maersk-profits-plummet-as-yemeni-attacks-close-off-red-sea-route Thu, 02 May 2024 12:06:43 +0200 maersk-profits-plummet-as-yemeni-attacks-close-off-red-sea-route A container ship which on Tuesday crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in US city Baltimore was chartered by Danish freight giant Maersk, the company has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240326/danish-shipping-giant-maersk-chartered-vessel-in-us-bridge-collision Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:03:07 +0100 danish-shipping-giant-maersk-chartered-vessel-in-us-bridge-collision Shipping giant Maersk reported on Thursday a massive drop in net profit in 2023 and warned of "uncertainty" in 2024 due to Yemeni rebel attacks on vessels in the Red Sea. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240208/danish-shipping-giant-maersks-profit-sinks-amid-red-sea-risk Thu, 08 Feb 2024 11:33:23 +0100 danish-shipping-giant-maersks-profit-sinks-amid-red-sea-risk Shipping giant Maersk said Friday that it would divert all vessels around Africa instead of using the Red Sea and Suez Canal for the "foreseeable future" after Yemeni rebels attacked its merchant ships. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240105/denmarks-maersk-to-divert-around-red-sea-for-foreseeable-future Fri, 05 Jan 2024 15:05:05 +0100 denmarks-maersk-to-divert-around-red-sea-for-foreseeable-future Danish shipping giant Maersk said on Friday it would slash 3,500 jobs as net profit and revenue plunged in the third quarter due to a sharp fall in freight rates. https://www.thelocal.dk/20231103/denmarks-maersk-to-slash-3500-jobs-as-revenues-plunge Fri, 03 Nov 2023 10:26:22 +0100 denmarks-maersk-to-slash-3500-jobs-as-revenues-plunge Russia has seized four tugboats belonging to a subsidiary of Danish shipping giant Maersk in Russia's far east, according to the group, which ceased operations in the country after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.dk/20230510/russia-seizes-tugboats-from-danish-shipper-maersk Wed, 10 May 2023 18:50:37 +0200 russia-seizes-tugboats-from-danish-shipper-maersk Danish shipping giant Maersk paid just 0.27 percent in tax to the Danish state in 2021, according to a media analysis. https://www.thelocal.dk/20230214/maersk-paid-0-27-percent-tax-in-denmark-in-2021 Tue, 14 Feb 2023 09:34:49 +0100 maersk-paid-0-27-percent-tax-in-denmark-in-2021 The Danish shipping giant Maersk held meetings with Denmark's tax and maritime authorities to advise them on how best to shield the shipping industry from the OECD's global minimum tax deal, according to a Danish media report. https://www.thelocal.dk/20230208/danish-shipping-giant-maersk-lobbied-to-be-excluded-from-global-tax-deal Wed, 08 Feb 2023 17:20:49 +0100 danish-shipping-giant-maersk-lobbied-to-be-excluded-from-global-tax-deal Danish shipping giant Maersk said Wednesday its profits doubled in the second quarter as freight prices have soared due to persistent bottlenecks on trade routes. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220803/danish-freight-maersk-doubles-profits-with-freight-prices-up Wed, 03 Aug 2022 14:03:54 +0200 danish-freight-maersk-doubles-profits-with-freight-prices-up Danish shipping giant Maersk on Wednesday posted record-beating profits in 2021, as container freight prices continued to soar due to the global supply chain crunch caused by the Covid pandemic. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220209/high-prices-give-maersk-largest-ever-profit-for-a-danish-company Wed, 09 Feb 2022 12:31:29 +0100 high-prices-give-maersk-largest-ever-profit-for-a-danish-company