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Maersk

The Global Integrator, 2022 to 2040

To become the Global Integrator, offering truly integrated logistics solutions that connect, protect and simplify our customers’ supply chains
Maersk’s strategic vision

The Global Integrator

Maersk ships containers, runs port terminals, and moves goods on land and by air. Its strategy is to join these up, so one company can carry a customer’s goods from one end of the supply chain to the other.

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The second quarter of 2026

Revenue
USD 15.8bn, up 20%
EBIT
USD 1.6bn, a margin of 10.0%

Underlying EBIT of USD 4.5bn to 6.5bn for 2026, raised from USD 2bn to 4bn.

Eight hub terminals on the East-West Network

Since 1 February 2025 Maersk has run its East-West Network with Hapag-Lloyd, in the Gemini Cooperation. It calls its hubs “pearls on a string from Asia to Europe”. APM Terminals, part of Maersk, owns a share of these eight.,

BremerhavenGermanyRotterdamNetherlandsAlgecirasSpainTangierMorocco, 2 terminalsPort SaidEgyptSalalahOmanTanjung PelepasMalaysia
mainliner services
29mainliner services
services in all
58services in all
port-to-port combinations
6,000+port-to-port combinations
trades
7trades
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91.2%

Average ocean reliability from February to May 2025

The line: schedule reliability above 90% once the network was fully phased in

  • Mainliners make roughly half the port calls of a standard rotation, and shuttles link the hubs with other ports.
  • The hubs’ capacity is being raised by 30%, to 19 kilometres of berth and more than 200 cranes.
  • More than 90% of arrivals on time on average in 2025.

Net zero by 2040

In 2024 Maersk became the first in its industry with targets validated under the Science Based Targets initiative’s maritime guidance. They are absolute cuts from a 2022 base year.

Maersk’s own emissions, against 2022

02550751002022Base year2030Scope 1 down 34.7%2040Scopes 1 and 2 down 96%
  • Scope 3, the value chain, down 21.9% by 2030 and 90% by 2040.
  • Renewable electricity from 22.7% in 2022 to 100% by 2030.

Dual-fuel vessels, which can run on lower-emission fuels

9: the rest of the first 25, from Laura Mærsk in 2023
10: joined in 2025
6: due in 2026
50 to 60 more in the years after, when dual-fuel vessels will be 25% of the fleet

In 2025

  • Total emissions rose by 2% in 2025: efficiency gains did not offset rerouting round the Cape of Good Hope and more air cargo.
  • Scope 1 held level with 2024 despite a larger fleet, and scope 2 fell by 12%.

  1. A vision that says what the company will become.

    “The Global Integrator” names a position, not a feeling, and each part of the business can see its place in it: ships, terminals, and logistics joined up. We recommend a vision that tells each part of the company how it fits.

  2. A promise customers can check.

    Maersk promised schedule reliability above 90% once the new network was fully in, and then reported 91.2% for its first months. We recommend at least one target that customers can measure for themselves: it keeps a strategy honest.

  3. Bad years reported in full.

    Maersk’s emissions rose by 2% in 2025, after rerouting round the Cape of Good Hope and more air cargo, and it says so on the same page as its 2040 targets. We recommend reporting a year that goes the wrong way as plainly as one that goes the right way.

Sources

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  3. 3. A.P. Moller - Maersk (2026). Maersk delivered a strong 2025 with progress across the business. maersk.com news, 5 February 2026. maersk.com
  4. 4. A.P. Moller - Maersk (2026). Gemini Cooperation: The Maersk East-West Network. maersk.com, accessed 28 September 2026. maersk.com
  5. 5. A.P. Moller - Maersk (2024). Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd entering into an operational cooperation. maersk.com news, 17 January 2024. maersk.com
  6. 6. A.P. Moller - Maersk (2024). How hubs will help the Gemini Cooperation achieve its 90%+ schedule reliability goal. maersk.com news, 31 May 2024. maersk.com
  7. 7. A.P. Moller - Maersk (2026). Sustainability: Climate. maersk.com, accessed 28 September 2026. maersk.com
  8. 8. A.P. Moller - Maersk (2026). All the way to net zero. maersk.com, accessed 28 September 2026. maersk.com
  9. 9. A.P. Moller - Maersk (2026). Decarbonising ocean shipping. maersk.com, accessed 28 September 2026. maersk.com

Headwater is not connected with A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S or Hapag-Lloyd AG. Maersk and APM Terminals are trade marks of their owner. Updated 28 September 2026.

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