The hefty costs of paying off surplus staff, closing duplicated offices and the fees of bankers and lawyers arising from the P&O Nedlloyd acquisition will take only a small bite out of AP Moller – Maersk’s profit this year.

Although AP Moller – Maersk is anticipating a DKK 3bn ($497.5m) bill from the deal it is relatively modest against the forecast profit of some DKK 20bn this year.

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