The new cluster set-up has been created as a part of Maersk Line’s new business strategy, which was announced earlier this month. 
Maersk Line has a strong ambition to reinforce its leading position in the market, delivering a highly reliable service focused more closely on customer needs. The new strategy is based on comprehensive analyses over the past 6 months of Maersk Line’s organization and feedback from   customers.
-  Finland and the Baltic States will be increasingly connected to Russia as a Baltic Sea gateway. The transit cargo flow via Finland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia to and from Russia has increased heavily the last years and is estimated to continue to grow in a fast pace also in the future, says Hans-Christian Mordhorst, Managing Director for Maersk Russia Cluster. The new cluster set-up will allow us more efficiently utilize our resources and to address specific issues, challenges and opportunities in this market, he continues. 
-  Our customers can look forward to a new Maersk Line. In accordance with our customers’ requirements we are creating a simpler and leaner organization set-up worldwide, which will result in an improved service. In the future it will be easier to do business with Maersk Line, says Tomas Dyrbye, CEO Maersk Line Northern Europe Region. 
Maersk Line’s Russian cluster will be part of Maersk Line’s Northern Europe Region with its regional head office in Gothenburg, Sweden. The head office for the new cluster will be located in Moscow, Russia. The new Russian cluster organization will be operational by May 2008.