The Danish shipowning group A.P. Møller - Mærsk has announced today an agreement between Open Gate Capital, a U.S. private equity specializing in carve-out transactions to which Maersk Training, a company that provides training and skills development solutions in sectors such as wind, oil & gas and marine, and its subsidiary Maersk H2S Safety Services, a provider of gas and security for the onshore and offshore energy industry. The Closing of the transaction is expected by the end of 2026.

The sale seems to be part of the Danish group's strategy of concentration on the core business of maritime transport containerized, culminating in 2017 with the acquisition of the German Hamburg Süd, and then continued with the expansion of the activities closely related in the port terminal and logistics, while at the same time the Danish company has exited the energy sector and sold assets considered non-core such as container and fleet construction of tugboats.