The world’s largest container shipping company, Maersk Line, and A.P.Møller-selskabet MCC Transport is opening a direct representation in Myanmar according to a press release.
Maersk Line has been represented in Myanmar for the past 20 years but new a permanent representative is being stationed. The permanent representative will be My Therese Blank who has been in Maersk Line since 2006.
The aim is to open a division in the second half of this year to aid clients of Maersk Line’s customers to enter the Myanmar market that has now been opened since trade embargoes from the EU and USA were lifted last year.
Maersk Line describe Myanmar as the last untapped market in Southeast Asia. The company sees opportunities in Myanmar since the country is strategically well placed between the big economies of the region such as India and China. With 60 million people, the company also believes that Myanmar can become a very big consumer market and that the low wages can attract many foreign companies to the country.
MCC Transport is the 22. largest container shipping company in the world and is owned by A.P.Møller-Mærsk. The company has its headquarters in Singapore also supply feeder service for other shipping companies.
