Maersk
Removed from the Dirty List 8 October 2020
Read Burma Campaign UK’s press release here.
About the company
Maersk
AP Moller Maersk is a Danish shipping company. It is the largest shipping company in the world. In Burma its container ship MCC Mergui uses the military owned TMT Port, which is managed by the British company Portia Management Services (also on the ‘Dirty List’).
Contact:
Søren Sou
Chief Executive Officer
Maersk
Esplanaden 50
Copenhagen, 1098
Denmark
Email: sustainability@maersk.com
Sources:
International Maritime Organisation database accessed September 2019
https://gisis.imo.org/Public/SHIPS/ShipDetails.aspx?IMONumber=8819990
Myanmar Port Authority berthing list 16th August 2019
http://www.mpa.gov.mm/sites/default/files/Berthing%20List%2816082019%29.pdf
Notified 11th October 2019
Added to the Dirty List 12 May 2020
Removed from the Dirty List 8 October 2020
The Dirty List
The Dirty List names international companies doing business with the military in Burma. The list also includes international companies involved in projects where there are human rights violations or environmental destruction.
In September 2018, the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar, which has been investigating human rights violations in the country, stated:
“The actions of the Tatmadaw (Burmese military) in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States, in particular in the context of the ‘clearance operations’ in northern Rakhine State in 2016 and 2017, have so seriously violated international law that any engagement in any form with the Tatmadaw, its current leadership, and its businesses, is indefensible.”
A PDF of the full Dirty List is available here.