Maersk appoints John Wetherell to head its global airfreight forwarding
Maersk has appointed John Wetherell (above) as its global head of airfreight forwarding. It is ...
By Alex Lennane
An interview with Søren Skou, CEO of Maersk, is always worth a read. Here he explains what went wrong in the shipping industry – essentially, he says they were all surprised by the downturn in global trade, leading to shameful amounts of overcapacity. And now an idle fleet – which has helped boost rates. He also seems relatively sanguine about potential changes coming to the US – but he adds that anything that’s good for global trade, is good for Maersk.
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