Maersk has refused to ship a number of at-risk marine species including several caught by New Zealand fisheries, according to Greenpeace.

In response to the overfishing crisis facing our oceans, Maersk ?C which transports about 20 percent of all international seafood that goes by water ?C will not carry Antarctic and Patagonian toothfish (also sold as Chilean sea bass), orange roughy or any species of shark and whale aboard its ships.