Group CEO A.P. Møller-Mærsk, Vincent Clerc, announced today the group's decision Danish shipowners to abandon the tender for the acquisition of the DB Schenker, the logistics division of the German railway group Deutsche Bahn ( of 23 May 2024). "In recent months," he explained, "Maersk has conducted a review of DB Schenker's activities and, in the Over the last few weeks, there has been an opportunity to to participate in a thorough due diligence. As a result of this Maersk has decided to withdraw from the procedure." "We had said," he added, "that we would look into opportunity and so it was. Ours DB Schenker confirmed DB Schenker as an attractive company with a comprehensive portfolio in the field of logistics and with additional potential to be exploited in the future'. Clerc has pointed out that, however, the review also identified 'areas of challenge in the perspective of integration' and therefore - he stated - "at this time, the acquisition of DB Schenker That wouldn't be the right thing for our business to do."