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PRESIDENT AND CEO, MAERSK LINE, LEESBURG
PRESIDENT AND CEO, MAERSK LINE, LEESBURG
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
A University of Delaware alumnus, Woodhour has devoted 32 years to Maersk Line, rising to president and CEO in 2016.
Headquartered in Virginia with offices in Norfolk and Dulles, Maersk is the U.S. arm of Danish shipping giant A.P. Møller-Mærsk and has the largest U.S. flag fleet in commercial service.
The company was in the news this year for an unfortunate reason; it had chartered the Dali, a container vessel that struck Baltimore’s Key Bridge in March, causing the bridge to collapse and claiming the lives of six road workers. The collision also led to the temporary closing of the Port of Baltimore, forcing ships to move cargo to other terminals, including the Port of Virginia. In late June, the ship left Baltimore after blocking the Fort McHenry Federal Channel to all deep-sea vessels for 10 weeks. Although the federal government is still investigating the cause of the ship’s power outage that caused the wreck, the City of Baltimore has sued the ship’s owner and manager, not Maersk.
Woodhour serves as vice chairman of the National Defense Transportation Association’s board.
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