The Maersk Group’s strategy to target growth markets aligns well with a recent UN report that found emerging economies now account for almost 30% of global GDP and 40% of trade. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s 2011 Review of Maritime Transport report found that developing countries’ GDP share in overall global economic output had reached 28% in 2010, up from 17% in 1980, and that their slice of world trade was 40%, up 30% on 2008. In 2012 the Maersk Group will execute plans laid out in 2011 by prioritising specific investments in promising markets, with Executive Boa...