Maersk Line

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Denmark
Region
København og Frederiksberg kommuner;
Location of affected unit(s)
Copenhagen
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Land, Water And Air Transportation
Water Transport
50 - Water transport
170 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
30 September 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 November 2009
Foreseen end date
30 April 2010

Description

The multinational Danish container shipowner, Maersk Line annonced on 30 September 2009 that 170 Danish officers will be made redundant. In the longer perspective they will be exchanged with foreign officers in order to bring down labour costs. This decision is a brake with a 100 years tradition that A. P. Moller ship first and foremost engaged Danish officers. "It is our task to secure that Maersk Line starts to earn money again. Therefore it was necessary to dismiss the Danish officers. it is a question of savings," said director in Maersk Line, Mr Henrik Sloth.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Maersk Line, Internal restructuring in Denmark, factsheet number 69644, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69644.