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Maersk closes three year-old container factory

Maersk's brand new container factory in Chile is shut down after only three years in operation, leaving 1,200 employees without job. ShippingWatch is able to reveal the financial impact for Maersk, above all a major impairment.
MCI's factoryin Qingdao
MCI's factoryin Qingdao
by TOMAS KRISTIANSEN

Maersk has decided to pool production of reefer containers at its container factory in Qingdao, China and thereby close its newly built factory in San Antonio, Chile.

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