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Source (Zero Hedge)

https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-02-20-coronavirus-infections-deaths-community-outbreaks-cdc-warns-travelers.html

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the world's largest container shipping company, warned Thursday that the Covid-19 outbreak in China, and quickly spreading across the world, would hit earnings this year.

Maersk said factories in China are currently operating at 50-60% of capacity because the economy has ground to a halt.

Maersk reported an unexpected loss in the fourth quarter of $72 million from a profit of $46 million a year earlier. The shipper is a barometer of global trade, said revenues declined 5.6% to $9.67 billion, missing expectations of $9.4 billion, due mostly to a decline in container shipping.

Shipping volumes in both East to West and North to South routes were lower amid several years of front-loading by corporations ahead of President Trump's tariffs. Lower demand was seen across Europe, Latin America, the US, and across Asia Pacific countries last quarter (READ MORE)