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Nils Smedegaard Andersen has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Denmark based feeder and shortsea operator Unifeeder, taking up his first directorship within the logistics and shipping industry after stepping down from his position as Group Chief Executive Officer of A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S in 2016. Andersen, who is a board member and strategic adviser to Unifeeder’s largest investor, e.g. Nordic Capital Funds, also serves as Non-Executive Director at BP plc…

The board of BP plc announced that it has appointed Nils Smedegaard Andersen as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect; as well as serving on the Board he will join the Audit Committee. Andersen was Group Chief Executive of A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S until 2016 and had previously been President and Chief Executive Officer of Carlsberg A/S and Carlsberg Breweries A/S. Carl-Henric Svanberg, Chairman of BP, said: “I am delighted to welcome Nils Anderson to the BP Board. Nils brings broad experience from the energy, shipping and consumer goods industries. Nils S. Andersen, 58, was Group Chief Executive of A.P. Møller - Mærsk from 2007 to June 2016.

New AP Moller-Maersk chief executive Soren Skou is aiming for revenue growth according to an interview with the Financial Times. He reveals the task ahead after succeeding Nils Andersen. Danish conglomerate boss said that the group was buffeted by short-term “headwinds” in all of its businesses — from the world’s largest container shipping line to oil production and drilling rigs. “In the long term, we are challenged on top-line growth. Obviously, for us it’s important that we have a group that is both profitable but also has a growth path … If you have a business that isn’t growing the top line, it’s very hard to deliver attractive returns to shareholders,” said  Skou, who is also head of Maersk Line, the group’s container shipping unit.

Danish shipping and oil group A. P. Moller-Maersk could split up into separate companies, its chairman said on Thursday after naming Soren Skou, the head of its container business, as chief executive. Maersk shares rose more than 10 percent on the news with investors betting on a break-up and seeing the appointment as a sign of a more profound restructuring. "The question is whether we should be a large group, or whether we should be a number of independent companies," Chairman Michael Pram Rasmussen told Danish online media Finans.

A. P. Moller-Maersk's chairman says that the Danish shipping and oil conglomerate could be split up in several companies, after it on Thursday appointed the head of its container business as new chief executive. "The question is whether we should be a large group, or whether we should be a number of independent companies," Michael Pram Rasmussen told Danish online media Finans. "It is a possibility for us, but it is not something you just do. It would be a huge task," he said.

Danish shipping and oil company A. P. Moller-Maersk has appointed Soren Skou, head of its container shipping unit Maersk Line, as new chief executive for the group replacing Nils Smedegaard Andersen who has been in the job since 2007. Soren Skou will remain as CEO of Maersk Line in addition to his position as CEO for the Maersk Group. Andersen will leave the group, Maersk said in a statement. "The Board of Directors has tasked the new management to investigate the strategic and structural options to further increase agility and synergies," it said. Reporting by Teis Jensen

Denmark's Maersk Line is fighting to remain the world's no.1 container shipping carrier as a wave of mergers and acquisitions, particularly in Asia, creates new challengers trying to grab a bigger share of a depressed market. Maersk itself hasn't made a major acquisition for more than a decade but says it might be open to "the right opportunity", although doubters believe such deals risk accumulating ships without securing enough customers. A unit of oil and shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk , the line has a 15 percent share of the overall container market.

The grandson of Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, who transformed A.P. Moller-Maersk into an international conglomerate, was on Monday appointed chief executive of the holding company behind the Danish shipping giant. The move sends a signal that the Maersk family will remain an active owner of the listed company, but it also distances the heir from daily operations, analysts said. Robert Maersk Uggla, 38, who has been CEO of Maersk-owned tug boat operator Svitzer since 2012, will take on the position as CEO of A.P. Moller Holding on Sept. 1., the company said. "Given the development of A.P.

Negative interest rates are hurting  shipping industry by delaying the consolidation wave so badly needed, Bloomberg reports quoting Nils Smedegaard Andersen, chief executive officer of AP Moeller-Maersk. He said that the monetary policy environment "means consolidation will be much slower because it's easy for banks to keep weak shipping companies above water". It’s the latest example of how negative interest rates are distorting markets and potentially even slowing growth. The policy has so far had limited success in reviving inflation while money managers in countries with negative rates are warning of the risk of asset price bubbles. With the unintended consequences potentially including a slower global shipping recovery, questions as to the policy’s efficacy are bound to persist.

Fragmented sector chasing alliances to cut costs; Maersk has plenty of cash for deals - CEO. A.P. Moller-Maersk returned to profit at its main container shipping business in the first quarter, putting the cash rich company in a strong position as the struggling industry consolidates. The group's shares were up by 5.6 percent at 1127 GMT on Wednesday after Maersk Line confounded expectations of a loss at the container shipping business as the sector grapples with a downturn brought on by overcapacity. Rates for shipping containers transporting anything from flat-screen TVs to sportswear have been at a loss-making level for more than a year, denting profits and opening the highly fragmented sector to consolidation in an effort to cut costs and build scale.

Danish shipping and offshore energy conglomerate Maersk Group reported its profit at US$ 224 million for the first quarter of 2016, a drop of 86 percent compared to $ 1.6 billion seen in the same period a year earlier. Hit by low oil prices and freight rates, the world's largest shipping company AP Moller-Maersk A/S says revenue fell almost 20 percent from a year earlier to $8.5 billion. Maersk Line, the world’s largest container operator by capacity and traditionally the company’s biggest earner, posted first-quarter underlying earnings of $32 million, having contributed $710 million in the year-earlier quarter. Maersk Line said it…

Qatar and Royal Dutch Shell have agreed to develop liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel for use by the world's largest container shipping company, A.P. Moller-Maersk, Qatargas said in a statement on Monday. Qatargas, the world's largest LNG producer, said the three companies signed a memorandum of understanding which sees Qatargas 4, a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Shell, producing the fuel for use by Maersk Line. Most shipping companies currently use heavy fuel oil, or bunker fuel, to propel their vessels although LNG as marine fuel has been used by some ships in the past decade. DNV GL, an international energy and shipping certification agency…

A.P. Moller-Maersk's chief executive said its container shipping arm Maersk Line probably gained market share in the second half of 2015 after losing some in the first half of the year. "We want to increase Maersk Line's market share. We hope some competitors will order fewer new vessels," Chief Executive Nils Smedegaard Andersen told a teleconference. Andersen said the low oil price is the biggest short-term challenge for the group. Reporting by Ole Mikkelsen

Writedown pushes company into red in fourth quarter; 2016 profit to fall short of previous year. Denmark's A.P. Moller-Maersk tumbled to a loss of $2.5 billion in the last three months of 2015 after the shipping and energy group wrote down the value of its oil assets by the same amount. Maersk warned investors on Wednesday that it expects its underlying net result in 2016 to be significantly below 2015's $3.1 billion as it struggles with plummeting oil prices and low rates for container freight. Its shares fell as much as 9 percent in early trading and were down 4.4 percent by 0855 GMT. Chief Executive Nils Smedegaard Andersen said the oil price was the biggest short-term challenge for the company.

Nils Smedegaard Andersen chief executive officer of A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S said the Container volumes have picked up this year after the market suffered from sluggish growth and overcapacity in 2015, reports Bloomberg. He said 2016 beginning looked a little bit better and expected the Asia to Europe business to develop better this year. Maersk’s container line, the world’s largest, suffered last year from a toxic cocktail of too many vessels just as global trade sagged. While the industry still needs to address overcapacity, the demand side looks better, Andersen said. In 2015, Nils Andersen was expecting another year of about 3% to 4% demand growth. Instead, it came in at 1.

Nils Smedegaard Andersen, chief executive officer at A.P. Moeller-Maersk qoted by Bloomberg as saying: "We believe that global growth is slowing down. The world's biggest shipping line conducts a string of its own macro-economic forecasts and it sees less growth - particularly in developing nations, but perhaps also in Europe - than other people expect in 2015, Andersen said. His company is a bellwether for global trade, handling about 15 percent of all consumer goods transported by sea. According to Andersen, the current operating environment is characterized by slow growth, but the real concern to be taken into account should be the overcapacity in the shipping market and slower than expected market growth.

A.P. Moller-Maersk will continue to invest in its shipping unit to retain its leading market share in the industry, which has experienced a prolonged slump, Chief Executive Nils Smedegaard Andersen said on Friday. Andersen referred to Maersk's decision, announced earlier this week, that it would not take order options on six of its flagship mega-vessels. "There's absolutely no drama on this -- when you take options it's because you want to be flexible. We will continue to invest to retain our market share," Andersen told analysts during a conference call. Reporting by Sabina Zawadzki

Container shipping demand at lowest since 2008 crisis; additional capacity supply far outstrips demand. Shipping and oil conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Friday third-quarter profit almost halved and global demand for container transportation this year would grow at a slower pace than previously expected. The Danish company, which operates the largest container shipping business in the world, kept a reduced forecast made two weeks ago for a 2015 underlying profit of $3.4 billion, down from the $4.0 billion previously expected. Maersk has taken a double hit to its businesses -- its oil units have floundered as crude prices halved since last year, while low trade volumes and an overcapacity of vessels have weighed on Maersk Line, the container shipping business.

The first three of the world’s largest and most technologically advanced Ship-to-Shore (STS) container cranes and two rail mounted cranes for the intermodal rail facility have been delivered to APM Terminals’ Lázaro Cárdenas (TEC2), now in the final stages of construction at Mexico’s second-largest container port. The terminal development milestone was commemorated by a ceremony held in Mexico’s capital city, attended by Mexico’s General Director of Promotion and Port Administration, Fernando Gamboa Rosas, as well as Maersk Group CEO Nils Smedegaard Andersen and other senior members of Mexico’s port and transportation sectors. “Lázaro Cárdenas TEC2 will be the most technologically advanced container terminal in Latin America…

Shipping freight rates on the world's busiest route, from Asia to Northern Europe, fell by the largest percentage amount since 2008, reflecting wild volatility in the market as vessel operators continue to wrestle with overcapacity. Rates for transporting containers from Asia to Northern Europe plunged 32.5 percent to $444 per 20-foot container (TEU) in the week ended on Friday, a source with access to data from the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index told Reuters. Shipping consultants Drewry reckon the Shanghai-Rotterdam and Shanghai-Genoa routes are the two most volatile among 11 that they track, with rates rising $1,000 or more per TEU over just a few weeks and then falling back down again.

Shipping freight rates for transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe dropped 23.6 percent to $658 per 20-foot container (TEU) in the week ended on Friday, data from the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index showed. The drop in freight rates on the world's busiest shipping route had been widely predicted following a short-lived surge in spot rates in the previous week. Last week's level was 49 percent lower than in the same period of 2014. In the week to Friday, container freight rates plunged 22.6 percent from Asia to ports in the Mediterranean, fell 7.8 percent to ports on the U.S. West Coast and were down 2.9 percent to ports on the U.S. East Coast. Chief Executive Nils Smedegaard Andersen of A.P.

Maersk Line has reported a profit of $2.3bn for 2014 a 50% increase over the previous year, and expects a higher result in 2015, though the shipping rates remain under pressure. But 2015 is expected to yield less impressive results due to falling oil prices. He said that he was satisfied with the 2014 results. “Despite challenging market conditions we saw good progress in underlying performance across the Group,” he said. Maersk Line maintained its lead on the rest of the industry and APM Terminals delivered significant improvements. Maersk Drilling executed on fleet renewal program according to plan, while Maersk Oil increased entitlement production in line with expectations, he added. Underlying profit of A.P.

The Maersk Group has reaffirmed its commitment to support the expansion of Ghana’s Port of Tema to the tune of US$1.5 billion. The Group Chief Executive Officer of the multinational transport and energy giant Maersk Group, Nils Smedegaard Andersen, has re-assured of the company’s readiness to inject US$1.5billion to boost the ongoing expansion works at the Tema Port. The Maersk Group’s subsidiary, APM Terminals, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Ghana in November last year to expand the Tema Port. Andersen said funding arrangements for the project have been secured pending the signing of a concession agreement between Maersk’s key partner Meridian Ports Services (MPS) and the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA).