It is tempting to argue that AP Moller-Maersk boss Soren Skou is in a similar position to Liam Fox, the UK politician spearheading Brexit. Skou is engaged in a dramatic restructuring of the Danish shipowner’s business to try to position it better for the 21st century.

That involves disposing of “peripheral” operations such as oil, banks and supermarkets and moving towards a new dawn of “container logistics”.