COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) and CMA CGM, two of the world’s biggest container shipping groups, are to join market leader Maersk in a blockchain platform aimed at limiting a costly paper trail in the industry. FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen being unloaded from Maersk's Triple-E giant container ship Maersk Majestic, one of the world's largest container ships, at the Yangshan Deep Water Port, in Shanghai, China, September 24, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo With MSC...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Two of the world’s biggest shipping groups will join a Maersk led blockchain platform aimed at boosting efficiency and limiting the enormous paper trail of global container shipping. FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen being unloaded from Maersk's Triple-E giant container ship Maersk Majestic, one of the world's largest container ships, at the Yangshan Deep Water Port, in Shanghai, China, September 24, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo With Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC)...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The world’s largest container shipping firm A.P. Moller-Maersk is teaming up with IBM to create an industry-wide trading platform it says can speed up trade and save billions of dollars. The logo for IBM is seen at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/Files The global shipping industry has seen little innovation since the container was invented in the 1950s, and cross-border trade still leaves an...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danske Bank’s (DANSKE.CO) chief executive Thomas Borgen resigned on Wednesday after a investigation revealed payments totalling 200 billion euros ($234 billion) through its Estonian branch, many of which the bank said were suspicious. Thomas Borgen, resigned CEO of Danske Bank and Ole Andersen, ?hairman of the board arrive at the press conference about the money laundering scandal in the bank in Tivoli Congress Center in Copenhagen, Denmark September 19, 2018. Liselotte...