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Maersk vs Messageries Maritimes

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Messageries Maritimes is the older of the two, founded in 1835 — 69 years before Maersk.

Founded
1904
1835
Status
Active
Closed 1977
Headquarters
Copenhagen, Denmark
Paris, France
Industry
water transport
water transport
Employees
80,220
Not recorded
Legal form
aktieselskab
Not recorded
Listed on
Nasdaq Copenhagen A/S
Not recorded
Parent
A.P. Møller Holding
Not recorded
Website
maersk.com
Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Maersk and Messageries Maritimes.