A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) has announced the signing of a global end-to-end logistics agreement with Danish Crown from 2021.
The three-year end-to-end agreement covers all Danish Crown’s business units, delivering solutions on ocean services, inland logistics and cold chain logistics, Maersk said in a statement.
Part of the agreement is also the access to the digital supply chain platform Tradelens, which is underpinned by blockchain technology.
“We are excited to be chosen as Danish Crown’s main logistics company. The food supply chain is highly demanding, but we will work hard to provide fast, reliable and dynamic supply chain solutions to Danish Crown as a modern end-to-end logistics company with fully controlled assets,” said Vincent Clerc, executive vice president and CEO Ocean and Logistics. A.P. Moller - Maersk.
Danish Crown is one of the world's largest exporters and the number one supplier of pork in Europe. The Danish Crown Group is also the largest meat-processing company in Europe, and Danish Crown Beef is a key player in the European beef market, while the groups trading company ESS-FOOD sells and distributes fresh and frozen foods worldwide.
Asia connection cited
Maersk noted that with a significant export to Asia and a growing business in both North- and South America it is key for Danish Crown to ensure a flexible and resilient supply chain to support their business needs and meet their sustainability targets.
” Maersk is a natural choice for Danish Crown, as our customers will expect that we are able to undertake the responsibility of all business activities in the food supply chain right from the Danish farmer to the dinner tables in Shanghai, Tokyo or New York,” says Jais Valeur, Group CEO of Danish Crown, who added that the firm also seeks to become the world's most sustainable meat supplier in 2030.
”Through sheer business size and its extensive network Maersk can offer a reliability in our supply chains which our customers are increasingly demanding,” Valeur added.
The global agreement will enter into effect as of October 1 and is Europe's largest on reefer logistics.