A.P. Moller – Maersk A/S delivered a strong performance in all businesses in 2025 as volume growth, operational execution and proactive cost measures helped results reach the top-end of the financial guidance for the year.
Executive Summary
- Ocean grew in line with market with 4.9% volume growth in 2025 despite volatile markets
- Logistics & Services continued to improve profitability driven by targeted refocusing efforts
- Terminals achieved its strongest financial performance ever with record volumes, revenue and EBIT
- Share buy-back programme initiated with a total of USD 1.0bn to be executed over 12 months
- Maersk expects global container market volume growth of 2-4% in 2026
- Logistics & Service products regrouped into three subsegments: Landside, Forwarding, and Solutions
- Corporate overhead cost to be reduced by USD 180m
Vincent Clerc, Chief Executive Officer at Maersk stressed: «We delivered a strong performance and high value for our customers in a year where supply chains and global trade continued to be reshaped by evolving geopolitics. Across our operations, volumes grew and asset utilisation was very high. Our Ocean business set a new benchmark for reliability, Terminals delivered record results, and Logistics & Services continued to advance. The year highlighted the need to strengthen, and modernise global supply chains and critical infrastructure, further emphasising the relevance of our strategy. Our key to success remains to grow in close partnership with our customers, leveraging our unique asset footprint, and a continuous drive for operational excellence and cost discipline».