Hapag-Lloyd extends executive board contracts

Hapag-Lloyd extends executive board contracts
   German container line Hapag-Lloyd said Tuesday its supervisory board has extended the contracts of executive board members Michael Behrendt and Ulrich Kranich until June 30, 2013, with Behrendt reappointed chairman.
   Other executive board members are Peter Ganz and Jesper Praestensgaard, who joins the board Jan. 1.
   'Hapag-Lloyd has turned itself around faster than expected and completed all the groundwork for the company's further strategic development,' said Michael Frenzel, chairman of the supervisory board of Hapag-Lloyd AG and chairman of the executive board of European tourism giant TUI, which owns a 43 percent share in the container line. 'We are pleased that the executive board is to continue its successful work and that we have taken this key step towards ensuring Hapag-Lloyd's ongoing positive development.'