On the day of the AP Moller Maersk annual general meeting, the ITF has made a statement to the company, after its calls for action in the wider transport industries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Following the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption it has on the shipping and offshore sector, the world’s largest container line, AP Moller-Maersk has suspended crew changes for all of its operated ships.
Team Tankers International and Maersk Tankers’ commercial management began a collaboration, with the former taking over the commercial management of 27 tankers from Team Tankers International, and establishes two new pools.
Maersk secured a new sustainability-linked revolving credit facility of $5.0bn through a syndicate of 26 selected banks. The facility is linked to the company’s CO2 performance. More specifically, the credit margin under the facility will be adjusted based on Maersk’s progress to meet its target of reducing CO2 emissions per cargo moved by 60% by 2030.
Danish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk is planning to increase the proportion of high sulphur fuel oil it consumes from 10% to 25% by the year-end, according to the company’s CEO Soren Skou.
A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the world’s largest container shipping company, is positioning itself for a strong rebound in two months, forecasting that the fallout of the coronavirus on global trade may soon peak.
Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), who together form the 2M Alliance, are partnering with SM Line, beginning on April 1, 2020, continuing their six weekly services between Asia and the West Coasts of the US and Canada.
In January, Maersk Tankers announced a new parental leave policy for their employees, enabling fathers with a paid four-week paternity leave; Nautilus now clarifies that the new policy concerns only the onshore crew of the company and not the crew onboard.
Maersk reported that one of its containerships experienced main engine failure and began drifting in the Gibraltar Strait on January 29, 2020, adding that because of this difficulty the vessel is expected to be delayed.
The container logistics company, Maersk announced that undertook the pick, pack and the final delivery of the first-ever Sri Lankan made electric supercar named as “Vega EVX”. Namely, the car will be embarked in one of Maersk’s containers and is scheduled to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March.
