Maersk Q2 profits drop a whopping 89%
by The Associated Press
Soeren Skou, chief executive of one of the world's biggest shipping conglomerates, said "the result is unsatisfactory"
PHOTO: Maersk Group
The Copenhagen-based group said that profit dropped to $118 million in the three-month period that ended June 30, from $1.09 billion. Revenue fell to $5.1 billion, down from $6.3 billion.
Soeren Skou, chief executive of one of the world’s biggest shipping conglomerates, said “the result is unsatisfactory.”
The group said its full-year expectation of “an underlying result significantly below last year” which was $3.1 billion, was “unchanged.”
Maersk shares dropped 0.6 per cent in morning trading in Copenhagen to 9,065 kroner ($1,360).
Denmark’s biggest company has some 89,000 employees and activities in more than 130 countries. Results were posted in U.S. dollars.
