By Costas Paris
LONDON-APM Terminals, a unit of Danish shipping and oil giant
A.P. Møller-Mærsk A/S (MAERSK-A.KO) and the world's third-biggest
port operator, has dismissed three senior executives, a company
spokesman said Friday.
"They were asked to leave because they did not follow internal
business policies," Erik Eisenberg, APMT's vice president for
communications, told The Wall Street Journal. He declined to say
whether an internal probe has been launched into the matter or give
any other details.
Christian Moller Laursen, APMT's vice president and chief
financial officer, was replaced in January, Mr. Eisenberg said. He
said Chief Commercial Officer Martin Gaard Christiansen and the
head of global project implementation, Michael Lund Hansen, have
also been replaced. None of the three executives could be reached
for comment.
The new CFO is Henrik Lundgaard Pedersen, previously head of
APMT's Asia-Pacific region, Mr. Eisenberg said. He said the new
commercial chief is Joe Nicklaus Nielsen, who retains his previous
role as head of container business development.
The three dismissed executives are well-known in the shipping
community and held key positions in APMT and the mother company for
more than 20 years.
APMT employs more than 20,000 people and operates 160 ports in
58 countries around the world.
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