The Maersk billionaire family offered to buy Svitzer Group A/S in a deal valuing the tug boat operator at about 9 billion kroner ($1.3 billion), just one year after it had listed on the stock market.

During a meeting with Robert Maersk, the chairman of Board of Directors of A.P. Moller-Maersk, the premier welcomed the global shipping company’s $2 billion investment in Pakistan, a PM Office ...