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‘Forwarders are with us’ as we drive into logistics, says Maersk

19 November 2020

Maersk’s integrator strategy has not lost it support from freight forwarders, according to its ocean and logistics CEO, Vincent Clerc.
Yesterday, Maersk announced bumper profits for Q3, and Mr Clerc told the Hong Kong’s Asian Logistics, Maritime and Aviation Conference the group was also seeing a gradual expansion of its logistics business.
“That is really based on the confidence that more and more customers are placing in Maersk for doing more, or taking a …

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Forwarders slam Maersk: ‘moving from supplier to becoming a competitor’

20 October 2020

Major forwarders may abandon Maersk over concerns that the line’s new “integrated” business and “aggressive” strategy creates conflict of interests, and that it wants to cut forwarders from its business.
DB Schenker confirmed to The Loadstar that it had lost key account status with the shipping line, but said it had switched most of its volumes.
“In May 2020, DB Schenker removed more than 90% of the freight volume loaded at Maersk, and shifted …

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Talking heads: industry reactions to the ‘difficult decisions’ by Maersk

2 September 2020

Saskia Groen-in’t-Woud, chief executive of the soon-to-be-defunct Damco, has said the move to fold the forwarder into Maersk was “emotionally difficult, but ultimately the right decision”.
Writing on LinkedIn, Ms Groen-in’t-Woud, who has been repeatedly congratulated on her leadership skills, said the move would “speak to the true heart of customer needs and integrator strategy”.
She added that the Damco team had “turned a history of loss-making into profit and value-generation”.
She said: …

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