Copenhagen, Denmark – Repeatedly disrupted supply chains remain a major challenge for shippers across Europe with significant financial impact for their bottom lines. That’s one of the results of a comprehensive survey among more than 2,000 of Maersk’s customers across the Europe Region. More than 76% of the businesses have seen supply chain disruption having a knock-on effect and causing delays to their operations in the past 12 months. One fifth (22%) of the businesses counted more than 20 disruptive incidents over the past 12 months, and 1 in 3 businesses subsequently had difficulty securing necessary materials for production. 58% of the cargo owners said that the experienced disruptions in their supply chains caused much more costs than they envisaged. (....)