The American will join on 27 May, replacing Lucas Vos, who announced in Februaryhe was leaving the Danish shipping giant on 1 May to return to the Netherlands.

Schueler, 46, has also worked at Procter & Gamble for more than 20 years.

“We are tremendously excited to welcome Stephen to the Maersk Line team as chiefcommercial officer,” said CEO Soren Skou.

“Stephen has developed and led the global sales operations of two of theworld’s largest and most prestigious companies with great results.”

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