Unlike Emperor Nero, Soren Skou is not a man to fiddle while Rome (or in his case Copenhagen) burns. The chief executive of AP Moller-Maersk has reacted to the shipping and energy crisis by setting a hot new agenda.
First, the break-up of the group into two separate entities; secondly, the bolstering of the container arm through the $4bn-plus purchase of Germany’s Hamburg Sud.
