News / Maersk’s new NAM chief urges US shippers to 'know your best alternative'

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Maersk’s new regional president for North America, Charles van der Steene, has advised US shippers to “know your best alternative” in the American market.

Writing ahead of the S&P Global TPM24 conference in Long Beach California next week, he said: “I don’t have to tell you we’re operating in a world peppered with supply chain disruptions – Red Sea, Panama Canal, east coast ILA labour negotiations.

“I’ve heard these concerns from many of our customers,” he said in Maersk’s February North America ...