Maersk's sea-freight business faces the threat of new price war
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A.P. Moller-Maersk has been fortified by the US$7.5 billion sale of its oil and gas business to France's Total, but the company's main sea-freight business faces the threat of a new price war in a consolidating industry.
Maersk, the world's biggest container shipping company, has shifted its focus this year from preserving market share to higher margins, a strategy that was helped by a recovery in freight rates.
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