the Maersk Kalmar in December 2011. In January 2012, Søren Skou took over as CEO of Maersk Line from Eivind Kolding. Later that year, the company ceased its business in Iran in order to prevent potential damage to the company's business with Western countries, particularly the US, due to the sanctions regime led by those countries. On December 12, 2022, Vincent Clerc was appointed CEO of Maersk and will take up his duties on January 1, 2023. APM Terminals A. P. Moller–Maersk's independent APM Terminals business unit with its separate headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands, operates a Global Port, Terminal and Inland Services Network with interests in 57 ports and container terminals in 36 countries on five continents, as well as 155 Inland Services operations in 48 countries. Port and Terminal Operations include: Europe: Algeciras, Aarhus, Barcelona, Bremerhaven, Gothenburg, Port of Poti, Rotterdam-Maasvlakte, Rotterdam-Maasvlakte 2, Wilhelmshaven-JadeWeserPort, Valencia, Gijon, Zeebrugge, Vado Ligure Reefer Terminal and Vado Gateway. North America: Los Angeles, Miami, Mobile, Port Elizabeth, and Tacoma. Latin America: Buenos Aires, Buenaventura (Colombia), Cartagena, Itajaí, Pecém, Callao, Santos, Lázaro Cárdenas, Puerto Quetzal, Yucatan, and Limon (Costa Rica). Middle East: Aqaba, Haifa, Bahrain, Salalah, Port Said and Jebel Ali. Asia: Cai Mep, Colombo, Dalian, Guangzhou, Kobe, Laem Chabang, Karachi, Pipavav, Qingdao, Tanjung Pelepas, Tianjin, Shanghai, Xiamen, Yokohama, India, and Singapore. Africa: Abidjan, Apapa, Cotonou, Douala, Luanda, Monrovia, Onne, Pointe Noire, Port Elizabeth, Tangier, and Tema. New projects under construction: Savona, and Tema. Maersk Container Industry Maersk Container Industry A/S: Container manufacturing with factories in China (Dongguan and Qingdao) and headquarters in Denmark (Tinglev). Container Inland Services: Includes: depots, equipment repair, trucking, container sales and related activity. Svitzer Svitzer was founded as a salvage client in 1833 before entering the towing business in 1870. Svitzer become majority owned by Maersk in 1979. Svitzer has continued to grow including through purchasing the tugboat operations of Adsteam and it now has a fleet of over 400 tugs, line handlers and other vessels. The company provides harbour and terminal towage services in over 100 ports and 20 oil and gas terminals across the globe. As of January 2022 Svitzer operates a fleet of 110 vessels in seven ports and 11 terminals across 12 countries in Svitzer operates in the Africa, Middle East & Asia region. Damco Damco was the combined brand of the Maersk Group's logistics activities previously known as Maersk Logistics and Damco. As of