🚨 Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc on Tariffs, Demand & What’s Next for Global Trade
🔥Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc shares 10 direct quotes on inflation, resilience, and why global demand may still surprise us all
🔥 Greetings, Maritime Mavericks!
In a time of rising trade uncertainty, Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc shared a grounded perspective on how the company navigates global disruption.
Instead of speculation, he focused on customer proximity, steady demand, and contingency readiness — all grounded in data and direct experience.
His remarks reflect cautious optimism: while tariff measures may create inflation, what ultimately drives trade is demand — and so far, it remains strong.
Here are 10 verbatim insights from one of the most influential voices in global logistics. 👇
🌀 “It is fair to say that we live in a very unpredictable world today. A lot of measures are being discussed — and some of them put in place — that will hamper the free movement of goods that we have known and maybe taken for granted over the past couple of decades.”
🚧 “The way that we deal with this is, first and foremost, to stay very close to our customers and understand the implications that this is going to have. Because ultimately, what decides how many cars or how many of a certain product get sold is how much the consumer is ready to consume.”
📊 “At the end of the day, the tariffs in and by themselves may create inflation, but they do not influence that number — it's the consumer that influences those numbers. Demand is still there, so demand is really what we need to be on the lookout for.”