Maersk Logistics & Damco merge to provide a host of logistics services
The two brands, Maersk Logistics and Damco, of Maersk Group, Copenhagen, Denmark, have been merged into a single brand which will now handle the companies’ supply chain management activities as well as its freight forwarding business. At present, Maersk Logistics brand deals with supply chain services and Damco handles the forwarding services. The merger will take place on September 7 and after that the unit will operate under the single brand name, Damco.
According to a statement released by the Maersk Group, this new brand Damco, will have a base of more than 10,000 global customers and will cover a range of logistics services from forwarding and time-sensitive reefer logistics to advance supply chain management solutions and consultancy.
“We believe we represent the best of multiple worlds,” Rolf Habben-Jansen, chief executive officer of Maersk Logistics and Damco, said in the release. “The locally anchored and customer-focused forwarding business combined with the advanced and visionary solutions of our supply chain solutions — all backed up with the strengths, stability and capabilities of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group.”
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