A.P. Møller Holding, the parent company of Danish shipping company A.P. Møller-Mærsk, has An agreement has been signed to acquire the entire capital of the company ship leasing Ocean Yield which is currently owned by owned by Octopus Bidco, a company indirectly wholly owned by KKR funds. Ocean Yield holds interests in a fleet of more than 70 cargo ships of all Main types.

The parties involved in the agreement have highlighted that under the owned by KKR, Ocean Yield has invested over three billion dollars to expand its portfolio and has almost doubled the value of long-term rental contracts raising it to more than five billion dollars.

In 2025, Ocean Yield reported revenues of €251.0 million of dollars, with an increase of +2.9% on the annual year previous. Ebitda amounted to 227.1 million (+1.8%) and net profit at $90.8 million (-6.0%).