Damco presented International Logistics Service Provider of the Year award by The Home Depot

Madison, New Jersey, October 18, 2010 – Damco, a global leader in supply chain solutions and freight forwarding was recently awarded the ‘International Logistics Service Provider of the Year’ award by The Home Depot® the world's largest home improvement retailer. Damco which is the combined brand of the A.P.Moller - Maersk Group’s logistics activities offers a broad range of value-added services and was selected from The Home Depot’s origin cargo management, customs broker and container management providers. Damco was named ‘Partner of the Year’ for demonstrating excellence in performance criteria including the accuracy and the timeliness of critical operations data, quality of account management, and developing and executing value-added innovations and process improvements.

The annual Home Depot’s Carrier Council Dinner / Awards Ceremony event was held September 22, 2010 at their Atlanta headquarters. Scott Spata, senior director of International Logistics announced the award citing that Damco “distinguished themselves over the past year in their responsiveness in account management, and its development of new tools and processes to help improve operations with The Home Depot. Through the many ups and downs this past year, we worked side by side, as Damco helped address how we better navigate through the changes together, and in doing so, truly defined what it means to be a service “partner.”

“We are very proud to have gained such recognition and especially pleased to have won this accolade from an industry leader and a globally recognized business such as The Home Depot,” commented Jeremy Haycock, president of Damco in North America. “This recognition demonstrates the strong partnership between The Home Depot and Damco and honors our commitment and permanent objective to actively support our customers with our broad portfolio of integrated services which consistently add value to our customers’ business”.

About Damco

Damco is the combined brand of the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group's logistics activities. Damco offers a broad range of supply chain management and freight forwarding services to customers all over the world, and has 10,500 employees in over 280 owned offices across 90 countries with representation in 120 countries in Africa, Asia, Australia, North America, Europe, Middle East, and Latin America.

In 2009, the company had a net turnover of over USD 2.0 billion, managed more than 2.3 million TEU of ocean freight and supply chain management volumes and air freighted more than 60,000 tons. Damco is an independent business activity within the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group. For more information, please visit www.damco.com

For more information on Damco's Supply Chain Management services in North America, please contact Mark Byrne, Marketing at +1-973-514-5126 or e-mail at mark.byrne@damco.com