The company, widely considered a bellwether for global trade, said it now expects an operating profit of between $3bn and $3.5bn, compared to the previous range of $2bn to $3.5bn.
Maersk posted a net profit of $1bn for the third quarter, only a third of the figure for the same period a year earlier, which was lifted by high freight rates.
Revenue fell 10% to $14.2bn for the period.
"We have delivered a strong third quarter across our business," chief executive Vincent Clerc said.
In its core business, called "Ocean", loaded volumes increased by 7%, while the average freight rate was 31% lower than a year earlier, Maersk said.
Global container demand increased by three to five %, despite geopolitical uncertainties, Maersk noted.
"Exports out of Far East Asia, and especially China, continue to be the main driver of solid volume growth," the company said.
US President Donald Trump has shaken up global trade with his tariffs campaign, with China one of his main targets, but Beijing and Washington are holding negotiations aimed at resolving their dispute.
Maersk noted that "volumes into North America contracted, particularly from China to the US.
AstraZeneca
British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca announced surging quarterly profit Thursday on strong sales of cancer drugs and as the group zones in on the US, pressured by President Donald Trump.
Net profit jumped 77% to $2.53bn in the third quarter compared with the July-September period one year earlier, AstraZeneca said in a statement.
Group revenue grew 12% to $15.2bn, driven by oncology drugs.
"We are... delivering on our strategy to strengthen our operations in the US to power our growth," chief executive Pascal Soriot said in the earnings statement.
"This includes a historic agreement with the US government to lower the cost of medicines for American patients, and broadening our US manufacturing footprint."
Trump last month announced a deal with AstraZeneca for significantly lower drug prices in the US.
In exchange, the Trump administration agreed to a three-year delay on new tariffs.
In July, AstraZeneca announced plans to invest $50bn by 2030 on boosting its US manufacturing and research operations.
"The US is half of our potential revenue by 2030," Soriot later pointed out in a conference call with media.
While he said Europe would maintain "a large industrial base... future products rely on new technologies that require new manufacturing tools to produce those products.
"And these technologies are going to the US and they are going to China and other parts of the world. So in 15, 20 years, Europe could easily lose its health sovereignty," Soriot warned.
Highlighting the increasing importance of the US market to AstraZeneca, the group in late September said it planned to list its shares directly on the New York Stock Exchange to attract more investors.
AstraZeneca shareholders on Monday voted in favour of the move.
Britain's largest drugmaker will remain headquartered in the UK and keep its primary listing on London's top-tier FTSE 100 index.
Air France-KLM
Shares in Air France-KLM sank on Thursday after the Franco-Dutch group posted a drop in third-quarter net profit, citing a "challenging environment" due to higher costs and lower US travel demand.
Its profit after tax fell seven % to €768mn ($884mn) in the July-September period but it maintained its financial targets for the full year.
Air France-KLM was also hit by a soft performance in its cargo unit and lower-than-expected results at its budget carrier Transavia during the key summer season, but it benefited from a sharp fall in fuel prices.
"During the third quarter, Air France-KLM once again demonstrated its resilience in a challenging environment," chief executive Benjamin Smith said in a statement.
Air France-KLM shares fell almost 12% in morning deals on the Paris stock exchange.
The group said passenger numbers rose 4.7% year-on-year over the summer, reaching 29.2mn between July and September.
But it also added more seats than it could fill.
As a result, its planes were slightly less full on average, with 88.8% of seats occupied compared to 89.3% last year.
Revenue increased 2.6% to €9.2bn, lower than the €9.4bn expected by analysts.
The comparison was helped by a weak base last year, when travel to Paris was dampened by the 2024 Olympics.
Costs rose 1.3%, at the lower end of the company's target range, partly due to a 41% jump in airport fees at Amsterdam Schiphol airport, KLM's main hub.
Nissan
Struggling Japanese automaker Nissan said Thursday it was on the "path to recovery" even as it reported a hefty $690mn loss for the second quarter.
The results "reflect the challenges we face, yet they confirm that Nissan is firmly on the path to recovery", chief executive Ivan Espinosa said.
"The second half will bring its own hurdles, but with focus, discipline, and the actions underway, I am confident we will deliver stronger results," he said in a statement.
Last week Nissan had warned that it would suffer an operating loss of ¥275bn ($1.8bn) in its fiscal year to March.
Espinosa told reporters on Thursday that without the impact of US tariffs on imports of Japanese cars, it would break even at the operating level.
Nissan posted a second-quarter net loss of ¥106bn ($690mn) and an operating profit of ¥52bn. Sales fell 3.8%.
Nissan has faced numerous speed bumps, including the 2018 arrest of former boss Carlos Ghosn, who later fled Japan concealed in an audio equipment box.
A merger with Japanese rival Honda had been seen as a potential lifeline, but talks collapsed in February when the latter proposed making Nissan a subsidiary.
Of Japan's major automakers, Nissan was seen by analysts as likely to be the most severely hit by US President Donald Trump's tariffs.
Emirates Group
Dubai's Emirates Group, which includes the Middle East's biggest airline, announced half-year profits of 10.6bn dirhams ($2.9bn) on Thursday, up 13% from last year.
Despite regional turmoil including the brief Israel-Iran war, profits before corporate tax, introduced in 2023, were a record $3.3bn for the first half of the 2025-2026 fiscal year which begins in April.
This marks "the fourth consecutive year of record profitability for the half-year" for the world's largest long-haul carrier, an Emirates statement said.
"Global demand for air transport and travel services has been buoyant, despite geopolitical events and economic concerns in some markets," chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum said.
Revenues for the group, wholly owned by Dubai's government, were $20.6bn, up 4% from $19.3bn last year.
"We expect this demand resilience to continue for the rest of 2025-26 and look forward to increasing our capacity to grow revenues," Sheikh Ahmed said.