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Clerc

American  
[kler] / klɛr /

noun

  1. Laurent 1785–1869, French educator of the Deaf, in the United States after 1816.


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“The longer the strait stays closed, the more the replenishing of oil inventories in Asia becomes a challenge,” said Maersk Chief Executive Vincent Clerc.

From The Wall Street Journal

Clerc said it would need at least a week to 10 days to resume normal operations even in the event of a cease-fire.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We won’t put our colleagues in harm’s way,” Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc told the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal

Vincent Clerc told the BBC that "ultimately we need to get back to something where freedom of navigation and peaceful navigation is restored".

From BBC

The higher cost of longer voyages around the Cape of Good Hope and higher oil prices means that shipping is becoming more expensive, adding to upward inflationary pressures, Clerc said.

From BBC