About a dozen prominent shipowners will have the opportunity to rub shoulders with global movers and shakers next week at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.

AP Moller-Maersk is sending its entire leadership troika to the Alpine summit between 23 January and 26 January. Chairman Jim Hagemann Snabe, chief executive Soren Skou and vice chief executive Claus Hemmingsen are all scheduled to attend, according to a list distributed by the event’s organisers.