Noble Corporation and Maersk Drilling have entered into a definitive business combination agreement to combine in a primarily all-stock transaction. Following the completion of the transaction, the Maersk Drilling shareholders and Noble shareholders... —  read more 

Maersk layoffs come as surprise to Hamburg Süd employees The layoffs at Maersk Group, which impact a total of 2,000 employees, come as a surprise to employees at Hamburg Süd. "We wouldn't have expected that... —  read more 

Is Maersk affected and are there any furloughs here in the States?

150 to go from uk technical function.

https://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/Maersk-Drilling-lays-off-84-employees-on-12521328.php

The pain does not stop Good luck to all and here is the source -- http://shippingwatch.com/Offshore/article9098312.ece

When will layoffs stop? Really, is there some light at the end of this very long and painful tunnel of layoffs at Maersk

This will result in many layoffs, I might be wrong but I really believe that they will go big this time

Maersk Line, the shipping branch of the Danish conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk, says it will reduce its network capacity, postpone investments and reduce its global headcount by at least 4,000 jobs by the end of 2017.

postpone investments, reduce network capacity and reduce global headcount

We'll see what happens, the whole Oil and Gas industry is in turmoil and it seems that Houston is hit the hardest. We have cut Geoscientists before and we'll be cutting even more over next few months.

Maersk announced 54 jobs cut in Houston in August, 1/4 of the staff, and supposedly laid off 40 geoscientists today.