A. P. Moller-Maersk Group Essays

MAERSK SHIPPING LINE 1. INTRODUCTION: The Maersk shipping line is the world’s first largest container shipping company. The Maersk line is a private shipping company founded in 1928 by Arnold Peter Moller and known for reliable flexible and eco efficient services. It is a customer focused company. The corporate office is located at Copenhagen, Denmark. It serves customers through 375 offices in 116 countries employing 7100 seafarers and 25,500 land based employees. It has a fleet of 610 vessels

dynamic global conditions. At the turn of the 21st century Maersk found itself nearly crippled by growing changes in the marketplace. Facing a high level of attrition, Maersk brings on Maria Pejter as director of Maersk Group Human Resources department and Bill Allen head of Human Resources. Allen and Pejter were brought on to evaluate Maersk’s talent management and develop a more modern approach to the human resource problems faced by Maersk. Together Allen and Pejter rebuilt the companies company’s