Maersk

Maersk did not simply build ships. It helped build the system that made modern global trade possible. MAERSK: The Container Empire traces the transformation of world commerce through the rise of containerization, global shipping networks, ports, terminals, logistics, data, and integrated supply chains. From the world before the container to the emergence of a system capable of moving goods across oceans with extraordinary speed and precision, Alexander Brovkin examines how physical infrastructure became a global operating network. The book also explores the vulnerabilities created by that system: cyberattacks, port congestion, the Suez blockage, Red Sea disruption, geopolitical shocks, and the growing tension between efficiency and resilience. This is not simply a corporate history. It is a study of the architecture behind global trade - and of the companies, infrastructure, technology, and strategic choices that determine how the world moves.