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Maersk's logistics unit breaks off.

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| February 18, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Commonwealth Business Media. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

BYLINE: William Hoffman

Maersk Logistics is setting a new course in the wake of massive reorganization at Maersk Line and its parent company, A.P. Moller-Maersk. It's following a path plotted by the logistics subsidiaries of competitors such as APL and NYK that have sailed beyond their shipping line roots.

Analysts say its success may depend on keeping the right distance from its behemoth container partner: not too far and not too close. Too far, and it could lose its leverage in the ocean freight market. Too close, and it risks being swamped in Maersk Line's struggle to right itself after losing $698 million in 2006 and posting a net profit of only $25 million for the first nine months of 2007. "We have lost …

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