After a few days on the road I am back home at rhe office for important meetings this week. Maersk HQ at the legendary address, Esplanaden 50 in Copenhagen.
Back in Zürich on my way to Copenhagen for new big meetings today and especially tomorrow. Watch this space.
During my visit to Universal Postal Union (UPU) HQ today, I had an excellent bilateral meeting with the UPU Director-General Masahiko Metoki. It was an interesting conversation with Metoki-san & the UPU top management about some of the impressive & innovative projects that the organization is implementing, like the Postal Prosperity Zone concept. I …
Today I visited the Universal Postal Union (UPU) at tgeur headquarters in Bern, Switzerland. I had a number of really productive and good meetings today. Excellent opportunity to meet partners an clients.
A few days in Switzerland for meetings. Today I will go to meetings with the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in Bern.
Trade Facilitation Commission Launches Initiative to Boost UK Exports and Foster Economic Growth I am delighted to have accepted the invitation as Commissioner on the newly establsihed UK Trade Facilitation Commission. The Trade Facilitation Commission (TFC) has been established to bolster UK small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) global trade activity, addressing the current challenges where less than …
Interesting interview with Commissioner Michael Outram of Australian Border Force about people & goods movement across borders in the future. “The volume and speed of travel and trade over the next decade is going to exponentially increase, Industry in particular want more predictability in their supply chains and certainty in border arrangements. The solution …
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Time to go to London again. I have some very interesting meetings and business dinners lined up. Tomorrow I will speak at the C4DTI Digital Trade conference. The Digital Trade Conference (DTC) is the annual, international, flagship event for ICC Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation (C4DTI). Tomorrow night it is awards night. Maerk …
The current crisis in the Red Sea has made global maritime transport more dependent on African ports. While the disruption of shipping through the Suez Canal since last November has led to delays in maritime transport in the East African economies, it has also increased sharply the vessel arrivals in African ports, particularly containerships …
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Today we are excited to mark the 120-year anniversary of Maersk! On 16 April 1904, our founder, A.P. Møller, supported by his father, Peter Mærsk Møller, founded the Steamship Company Svendborg, the forerunner of today’s A.P. Moller – Maersk. Throughout the 20th century, Maersk expanded its operation from trampers to liner shipping, first with new routes to major markets such …
Read our new blue paper on supply chain resilience & risks from my colleague Zera Zheng & the Maerks team.
Alexander Isak in Newcastle has just gone level with Zlatan Ibrahimovic (2016-17) for most goals by a Swedish player in a Premier League season
World Trade Organization (WTO) has released their ’Global Trade Outlook and Statsistics Report’ and it is looking positive. These are comments from the WTO Cheif Economist Ralph Ossa: ”The latest edition of the WTO’s Global Trade Outlook and Statistics foresees a gradual recovery in world merchandise trade volume in 2024 and 2025. This follows …
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Exciting day in Yokohama. The namegiving of our third methanol enabled vessel, Astrid Mærsk. It made its way to Japan from Korea on green methanol, sourced by our great Energy Markets team. Godspeed, Astrid Mærsk, may you have fair winds and following seas.
data reveals a staggering 59.7% surge in container volume demand from #China to #Mexico in January 2024 compared to the January 2023. With volumes soaring from 73,000 TEU to 117,000 TEU (source: Container Trades Statistics), this trade route emerges as one of the world’s fastest-growing. Two pivotal factors fuel this remarkable growth: 1.The rise …
Welcome Astrid Maersk. The future is here. Consistent with the tradition of naming Maersk vessels after members of the founding family, Astrid Mærsk is named after Astrid Uggla who served as godmother to our first large methanol-enabled vessel Ane Mærsk. Astrid Uggla is the grand-daughter of Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla, the chair of A.P. …
Only a fool and/or a customs & trade expert has the alarm bell to go off at 02.45am for another mission to fix the world.
UNCTAD’s Global Trade Update shows encouraging signs amidst persistent challenges. The overall outlook for trade in 2024 is positive, with increasing demand for environmental goods, especially electric cars, set to play a crucial role in driving growth. ✅ International trade is expected to rebound in 2024 after experiencing declines for several quarters. ✅ Preliminary …
Did you know that 90% of commodities are transported by ocean globally? Maersk, a leading logistics and transportation company, transports 1 in 5 of these containers and owns 64 terminals complemented by a vast network of warehouses globally. Learn about the risks faced in this industry and what Maersk is doing to address them …
The Swedish National Board of Trade has presented an interesting research report about utilization of Free Trade Agreements (FTA) & the complications around Rules of Origin (ROO). Christopher Wingård, one of the authors of the report, says: ”At the beginning of the work, we were convinced that we would be able to connect specific …