AP Moeller-Maersk

Maersk appoints new CEO: Skou hands the baton to Vincent Clerc

Vincent Clerc will be the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the Danish shipping company A. P. Møller – Mærsk A/S, replacing Soren Skou who will step down after almost seven years.

Vincent Clerc, currently CEO of Maersk’s ocean & logistics business, will succeed as CEO of the Copenhagen-based firm effective from 1 January 2023.

“For almost seven years I have worked together with my team to change the business model, the culture, the digital backbone, and the results to make Maersk a profitable...

https://container-news.com/maersk-appoints-new-ceo-skou-hands-the-baton-to-vincent-clerc/

Carriers need to build confidence in seafreight to win pharma over

Confidence in the ocean supply chain is low and for the movement of vaccines by sea there will need to be an improvement in the reliability and visibility of the logistics system.

Speaking at the Containing Covid-19 conference, jointly organised by Container News and Cool Logistics, Michael Culme-Seymour, Consultant, World Economic Forum (WEF) and VP & managing director APAC, Roambee, believes that as Covax and UNICEF are rolling out millions of doses of vaccine, and while they are doing a great...

https://container-news.com/carriers-need-to-build-confidence-in-seafreight-to-win-pharma-over/

Maritime set to help vaccinate the world

Dominating the past year’s news has been the pandemic, mainly about the social distancing and lock-down regimes in various countries, but also the heralded way out of the Covid nightmare has been the development of vaccines that will mitigate the viral effects.

Those vaccines were delivered in record time and have been disseminated amongst the populations of a few countries, either by truck directly from the manufacturing centres or by air for speed of delivery. This has been particularly true...

https://container-news.com/maritime-set-to-help-vaccinate-the-world/

US storage charges set to rise

Maersk has announced that storage costs for both import and export containers will attract a flat rate of US$50/container every day.

The daily charge will be implemented on 26 November on pre-pulled containers from the terminal yard to the inland storage yard, which will avoid container storage. The company said, “This is in conjunction with the pre-pull and store door products offered and applicable for dry cargo only.”

These charges are in addition to the charges announced earlier this month...

https://container-news.com/us-storage-charges-set-to-rise/

Evergreen joins vessel recycling initiative

Major Taiwan container ship operator Evergreen Marine Corporation has joined the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI) initiative that allows ship operators to securely share vessel recycling information.

SRTI is a UK registered charity which operates an online platform for sharing information. It is funded by a number of shipping lines, with the founding partners being China Navigation Company, AP Moeller-Maersk, NORDEN, Hapag-Lloyd, Stolt Tankers and Wallenius Wilhelmsen.

According to...

https://container-news.com/evergreen-joins-vessel-recycling-initiative/

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