AP Moller-Maersk has reported a soft fourth quarter result after Maersk Line fell short of expectations in the final there months of the year.

Its guidance for the coming year has also come in below what analysts had been charting.

Soren Skou, chief executive of AP Moller, said the quarter came at the end of an unusual year, which had seen a costly cyber attack and $14bn worth of mergers and acquisitions.