An A.P. Moller-Maersk container ship docked in Copenhagen. Ayala Corp.—the holding company of billionaire Jaime Zobel de Ayala and his family—agreed to sell part of its logistics arm to Denmark’s A.P.

AP Moller Capital is the asset management unit of transportation and logistics giant AP Moller Group. It currently has around $2 billion in assets under management and 16,000 employees, AP Moller said ...