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The container ship Maersk Murcia sits moored in the port of Gothenburg, Sweden, on August 24, 2020.
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Maersk, one of the world’s largest container shipping firms, on Wednesday reported a fall in fourth-quarter earnings but posted the best full-year result in its history.
The Danish giant, widely seen as a barometer for global trade, said its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) reached $6.5 billion in the fourth quarter, below a Refinitiv consensus analyst forecast of $6.77 billion and down from $8 billion for the same quarter of 2021.
This took the full-year underlying EBITDA figure to $36.84 billion, fractionally…
Source cnbc.com
