He will succeed John Reinhart, who will step
down on Jan. 31, 2014, to become the CEO and executive director of the
Port of Virginia. Bruner joined Maersk in 1989 and has been the president and chief executive officer of Maersk since 2004.
Chris Dupin has written about trade and transportation and other business subjects for a variety of publications before joining American Shipper and Freightwaves.