News / 'It’s healthy competition' Maersk tells forwarders bidding for same business

Maersk said the “competition is on”, when asked what the future was for forwarders in the face of the company’s integrator strategy.

Responding to a question from The Loadstar on the eve of a naming event for its latest methanol-fuelled vessel in Rotterdam, Maersk North Europe MD Ole Trumpfheller said Maersk was bidding for the same volumes as forwarders and described it as “healthy competition”.

Asked if the carrier was trying to squeeze forwarders out, Mr Trumpfheller answered “yes”, although he emphasised ...