Lars Karlsson: CapacityNow

A.P. Moller Capital is pleased to announce that, through a separately managed fund vehicle backed by A.P. Moller Holding, it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Euroports Group (“Euroports”), a leading port terminal operator and provider of logistics solutions.

Euroports operates more than 50 deep-sea and inland port terminals across 10 European countries and China. The company handles more than 70 million tonnes of bulk, breakbulk and liquid bulk cargo each year, including fertilisers, agribulk, sugar, fruit, forest products, metals and minerals. Euroports employs around 3,000 people.

The new consortium led by A.P. Moller Capital’s majority ownership will jointly support Euroports, while preserving the company’s existing management structure, governance framework and strategic direction. The current management team has successfully achieved stable growth over the years and will continue under the new ownership structure.

The investment follows A.P. Moller Capital’s investment in BERGÉ Logistics, a leading port infrastructure and logistics company in Spain, and further expands its growing European presence in transportation and logistics infrastructure.

Kim Fejfer, Managing Partner and CEO at A.P. Moller Capital added: “In a changing world, resilient supply chains and secure trade flows are increasingly essential to economic stability and growth. Euroports plays a critical role in facilitating the movement of essential commodities through infrastructure that underpins European industry, food systems and manufacturing.”

Completion of the transaction is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including receipt of regulatory and other third-party approvals.

Today we had 120+ customers in the house for the A.P. Moller – Maersk Supply Chain Leaders Forum 2026.

At our headquarters on Esplanaden in Copenhagen, we spent a full day in talks about Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chains, customs & end-to-end logistics.

What an amazing day it was! Thank you to all customers for sharing & to colleagues for the excellent arrangement.

Great speakers & presentations, fantastic networking, outsanding conversations. We will be back with this event next year.

EU’s growing network of trade agreements helps European businesses to access new export markets and creates a more predictable trade and investment environment, according to a report published today. The sixth Annual Report on the Implementation and Enforcement of EU Trade and Economic Security Policy, covering the year 2025, concludes that EU trade agreements play a crucial role in increasing the resilience and competitiveness of EU operators.

Preferential trade works

• At the end of 2025, the EU had in place 44 preferential trade agreements with 76 countries, representing 46.3% of the EU’s external trade. Trade in goods with these partner countries grew faster than the EU’s total trade with other third countries: 3.1% growth compared to 1,4%. In 2025, EU agri-food exports to countries with a trade agreement increased by 4.6%, while those to non-preferential partners fell by 3.6%.
• The EU-Chile Interim Trade Agreement (ITA)illustrates the immediate and positive impact that a new trade agreement can have. Total bilateral trade amounted to €20.8 billion in the first 11 months since its entry into force on 1 February 2025, 3% higher year-on-year. EU exports of machinery and appliances grew by 9%, chemical products by 8%, and optical and photographic instruments by 17%.
• Through a continued focus on the successful implementation of EU trade agreements, the Commission, in close cooperation with Member States and businesses, was able to get 20 barriers to trade fully or partially removed in 14 partner countries. This helps to improve market access for EU operators.

EU trade agreements continue to strengthen the EU’s geopolitical presence in a challenging international environment. Over the reporting period, EU goods exports to FTA partners increased by €250 billion, helping to compensate for reduced exports of goods to Russia, which fell by €54.5 billion during that time.

In 2025, EU trade agreements again played a significant role in providing stable import sources of raw materialsand energy products of strategic importance to the EU economy:

• Preferential partners supply a quarter of the EU’s critical raw materials imports. For example, between 2024 and 2025, EU critical raw materials imports from Canada increased by 62% in value terms to reach €3.3 billion.
• The EU’s trade agreements with resource-rich partners such as Canada and Chile have facilitated imports of mineral products. Between 2024 and 2025, imports of mineral products from Canadaincreased by 14% (in value terms) to reach €6.1 billion: continuing a trend observed since 2022. Over a quarter of the EU’s mineral product imports now come from Canada. Since the entry into force of the EU-Chile ITA in February 2025, EU imports of mineral products have grown by 33%.

The EU currently has 45 trade agreements in place, covering 81 preferential trade partners.

Moreover, the EU continues to expand its network of trade agreements:

• 2025 and the first half of 2026 saw the EU conclude trade agreements with Mercosur (provisionally in force since 1 May 2026), Mexico, Indonesia, India, Australia, and the four Eastern and Southern African countries (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles). Together, they will increase the EU’s share of preferential trade to 53.3%.
• The EU is currently negotiating trade agreements with Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates. Moreover, as well as seeking to widen its network of trade agreements in recent years the EU has pursued other forms of engagement with partner countries, notably digital trade agreements with Singapore and Korea, a Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement with Angola, and a Clean Trade and Investment Partnership with South Africa.