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Hassing was joint CEO of European multimodal container operator Samskip with responsibility for global development, acquisitions and international logistics. Despite his move a PR spokesman for Samskip told Shippers’ NewsWire Hassing will remain as a shareholder and director.
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Hassing joined Samskip in July 2005 shortly after resigning his dual role as head of A.P. Moller – Maersk’s United Kingdom ship owning unit Maersk Co. Ltd. and as Maersk Line’s regional manager for the U.K. and Ireland.
Scandlines operates nine ferry routes between Germany, Denmark and Sweden, as well as to the Baltic States and Finland and has a workforce of approximately 2,400 German and Danish staff.
The company changed hands in August last year when Germany’s state-owned rail and logistics giant Deutsche Bahn and the Danish Ministry of Transport and Energy sold their shares to a consortium of private equity firms Allianz Capital Partners and 3i Group, and German ship owner Deutsche Seereederei for DKr11 billion ($1.98 billion). The new owners have stated that they want to grow the company with a view to floating on the stock exchange.
“On account of his many years of international experience, I am convinced that Michael Hassing has the necessary competence to successfully realize these objectives together with the present management team,” said Jan Stenberg, chairman of the supervisory board at Scandlines.
Scandlines’ board of directors now comprises Hassing (CEO), John Steen-Mikkelsen (chief operating officer) and Andreas L'bs (chief financial officer). ' Simon Heaney
