VINCENT CLERC

Red Sea woes help Maersk achieve third-best financial year

Red Sea woes impact

Red Sea woes have had the effect of blotting up container capacity and one of the largest containership operators of all, A.P. Moller – Maersk, reports strong financial results for 2024 with growth across all segments and significantly improved profitability with EBIT increasing 65% to $6.5 billion. Results were driven by higher container demand and elevated freight rates in Ocean, top line and volume growth in Terminals and solid improvements in most Logistics & Services products. Given the...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/red-sea-woes-help-maersk-achieve-third-best-financial-year/

VIDEO: First large green methanol box ship Ane Mærsk set to enter service next month

Set to enter service next month, the world’s first large methanol-enabled container vessel has been named Ane Mærsk in a ceremony held at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Ulsan, South Korea, shipyard. The 350-meter, 16,592 TEU vessel is named after Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla, the chair of the A.P. Moller Foundation and A.P. Moller Holding. Her eldest granddaughter served as godmother and christened the vessel by breaking a champagne bottle over the bow.

Ane Mærsk is the first of Maersk’s 18 large...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/video-first-large-green-methanol-box-ship-ane-maersk-set-to-enter-service-next-month/

Maersk and CMA CGM team up on green fuels

Container shipping and logistics giants Maersk and CMA CGM have decided to collaborate on several areas relating to decarbonization, particularly on developing the use of alternative greener fuels for container vessel propulsion.

Both companies have set a net-zero target for their shipping business, have identified scalable solutions that they say can create impact in this decade, and have already individually taken significant steps to promote shipping decarbonization..

Maersk has been ordering...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/environment/maersk-and-cma-cgm-team-up-on-green-fuels/

Landmark methanol-fueled containership named Laura Maersk

Well, now we know the name. Maersk has chosen a name steeped in company tradition for its first methanol-fueled containership: Laura Maersk. The name reveal came when the ship’s godmother, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, christened the vessel by breaking a champagne bottle over its bow at a ceremony in Copenhagen. Other speakers at the ceremony were Maersk Chair Robert Uggla and Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc.

“Laura Maersk is a historic milestone for shipping across the globe. It shows...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/landmark-methanol-fueled-containership-named-laura-maersk/

Skou stepping down as Maersk CEO at end of year

The world’s second-largest container shipping operator is about to have a new boss. Soren Skou, the CEO of A.P. Moller – Maersk, will retire at the end of this year. 

Vincent Clerc, currently CEO of the group’s ocean and logistics division, has been appointed the new CEO, effective Jan. 1.

“Now is the right time for Maersk, for Vincent, and for me to make this transition,” said Skou. “The company has executed very well over the past years.”

Skou has been with Maersk for almost 40 years, serving...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/skou-stepping-down-as-maersk-ceo-at-end-of-year

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/

Freight Rates Sky-High Not Likely End Soon

The frenetic levels of containerized cargo movement that have driven freight rates sky-high will not likely end soon, according to a top Maersk executive. The leading ocean carriers are even planning to maintain a high level of capacity through the Chinese New Year – the low-traffic season that usually prompts a raft of blanked sailings, says an article published in The Maritime Executive.

Sailings Are Blanked

Ocean carrier tracking firm eeSea recently told the Loadstar that on all of the major...

https://mfame.guru/freight-rates-sky-high-not-likely-end-soon/

High Shipping Rates To Continue Despite New Lockdowns, Says Maersk

High shipping rates are set to continue for at least several weeks, despite new coronavirus lockdowns in Europe, boosted by demand for furniture, exercise equipment and home improvement goods, shipping group Maersk said on Wednesday.

A surge in demand from shoppers sheltering at home in a worsening COVID-19 pandemic has upended normal trade flows and triggered a spike in the cost of moving goods around, says an article published in Reuters.

Container demand will continue

“There are simply not...

https://mfame.guru/high-shipping-rates-to-continue-despite-new-lockdowns-says-maersk/

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