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Maersk has begun layoffs at HQ as part of cost reduction measure

Around 200 positions will be cut at the group’s Copenhagen headquarters. Globally, 2,500 employees will lose their jobs in the coming weeks.
Maersk's savings plan will cost jobs in Copenhagen, where the group is currently undergoing a major expansion of its headquarters. It will be expanded by 26,000 square meters, which will almost double the area of the head office. | Photo: Jacob Ehrbahn/Ritzau Scanpix
Maersk's savings plan will cost jobs in Copenhagen, where the group is currently undergoing a major expansion of its headquarters. It will be expanded by 26,000 square meters, which will almost double the area of the head office. | Photo: Jacob Ehrbahn/Ritzau Scanpix
by Dag Holmstad, Niklas Krigslund

Maersk is currently in the midst of a major round of layoffs that will result in the loss of around 200 jobs at its Copenhagen headquarters, the shipping group confirms to ShippingWatch.

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