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Maersk settles with fired chief engineer in Hope Hicks case

The company ends a case in which a chief engineer who was fired in connection with the assault on Hope Hicks had demanded USD 300,000 in compensation.
The former Maersk chief engineer was fired in February 2022 along with four other Maersk employees. This followed an investigation into a rape case in 2019 against ship cadet Hope Hicks on the US-flagged Maersk ship Alliance Fairfax. | Photo: Maritime Legal Solutions
The former Maersk chief engineer was fired in February 2022 along with four other Maersk employees. This followed an investigation into a rape case in 2019 against ship cadet Hope Hicks on the US-flagged Maersk ship Alliance Fairfax. | Photo: Maritime Legal Solutions
by DAG HOLMSTAD

Maersk has reached a settlement with a former chief engineer who sued Maersk’s US subsidiary last spring demanding compensation for a ”wrongful” firing, according to a document filed with the US district court in New York.

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