• TPM25
  • March 2-5, 2025 | Long Beach Convention Center

Rolf Habben Jansen

Hapag-Lloyd

CEO

Rolf Habben Jansen was born on 27 August 1966 in Spijkenisse near Rotterdam.

He graduated in Economics from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam in 1991. In the same year, he embarked on his career as a trainee at the former Dutch shipping company Royal Nedlloyd. He held a number of different positions both there and at the Swiss logistics firm Danzas, before the latter merged with DHL, the subsidiary of Deutsche Post AG.

From 2001, he was responsible at DHL for contract logistics for large parts of Europe, and from 2006 he was in charge of the services group’s 100 most important customers as Head of Global Customer Solutions. As Chief Executive Officer from 2009, he spent five years heading up the global logistics company Damco.

Rolf Habben Jansen was appointed member of the Hapag-Lloyd AG Executive Board in April 2014. He has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hapag-Lloyd AG since July 2014.

Alongside his native language, Rolf Habben Jansen speaks German and English fluently. 

Sessions With Rolf Habben Jansen

Tuesday, 4 March

  • 08:45am - 09:30am (PST) / 04/mar/2025 04:45 pm - 04/mar/2025 05:30 pm

    How Gemini Is Shaking Up the Schedule Reliability Game

    When the Gemini Cooperation was announced in January 2024 — an alliance based on a shuttle and hub port network on several trade lanes and a promise of industry-leading schedule reliability — it signaled a sharp departure from the status quo. Where high and consistent schedule reliability for shippers was but a distant pre-COVID memory, Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd promised a return to a golden era of reliability — greater than 90% on-time arrival across their network versus the industry average that was running in the low-50% range as of late October, according to consulting firm Sea-Intelligence. In an industry long used to direct services, Gemini challenged conventional wisdom in asserting that a hub-and-spoke network could produce the reliability many shippers need and expect. It supports both the Maersk integrated strategy and Hapag-Lloyd’s goal to be the No. 1 carrier for quality. To deliver on this goal, a great deal hangs on the performance of the hub ports — the Port of Tanjung Pelepas terminal in Malaysia avoids congestion by limiting the amount of cargo allowed on its yard, a policy that staved off congestion in 2024 and during COVID. But can the model work across the network? What are the risks and how will they be addressed? In this session, we will put a series of questions to Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen and APM Terminals' Lars Mikael Jensen, who oversees the hub ports within A.P. Moller-Maersk.

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