Container

Liner companies treat owners to large dividends despite stock rout in 2023

The share prices of six container shipping companies fell by up to 41% this year, but full coffers meant they were able to reward their owners.
10,000 people have been laid off at Maersk - but shareholders received a record dividend this year. | Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix
10,000 people have been laid off at Maersk - but shareholders received a record dividend this year. | Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix
by DAG HOLMSTAD

After two years of record-breaking profits, 2023 will be a gray day for some of the world’s largest container shipping companies, which have seen their share prices plummet in line with the fall in freight prices.

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