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In 1943 Mrsk Mc-Kinney Mller established Interseas Shipping Co., Inc., which shortly after changed its name to first Moller Shipping Company and later Moller Steamship Company. The company, which in 1946 became agent for Maersk Line in the USA, laid the groundwork for the present Maersk Inc. First Liner Services after the Second World War After the cessation of hostilities in 1945, the priority for A.P. Mller was to get their vessels moving again, before competitors captured the market. The Maersk fleet had been badly hit by many losses during the war, and the remaining vessels of which some had still not been returned were run-down. Furthermore, the Shipping Boards demand for duty voyages delayed the resumption of own activities. Despite these obstacles and a necessary reorganisation of the Maersk Line organisation, A.P. Mller succeeded, as early as March 1946, in resuming the monthly sailings on the so-called Panama Line from the American east coast via the Panama Canal to the Far East. CHASTINE MRSK made Maersk Lines first voyage after the Second World War with departure from New York on 16 March 1946 and called at Manila, the Philippines and Shanghai, China. Gradual Takeover of Responsibilities When the 34-year-old Mrsk Mc-Kinney Mller returned to Denmark in November 1947 after seven years in the USA, he relieved A.P. Mller of a great deal of work. In his fathers later years he took over an increasingly large share of the daily management responsibilities in the Shipping Companies and affiliated companies, and a distribution of the responsibilities was agreed between father and son. According to the original agreement A.P. Mller maintained the main responsibility for the Shipping Department (which operated the trampers), Tankers, Newbuildings, Purchase & Sales, appointment of captains as well as the financial, fiscal and monetary affairs. Mrsk Mc-Kinney Mller took over the responsibility for the daily supervision of the Ship Inspection, Engine Inspection, conversions, Chartering Department, insurance affairs, internal audit, Line Department and the contact to associated companies, among other things.
1950-1959 Expansion
The A.P. Mller and Chastine Mc-Kinney Mller Foundation The Foundation was established on 26 May 1953 by Mr. A.P. Mller and the present chairman of the board is his son, Mr. Mrsk Mc-Kinney Mller. The Foundation aims to support Danish culture and heritage, Danish shipping and medical science. Only occasionally, grants are made to non-Danish projects. Some examples of major donations from this Foundation are:
THE OPERA, Denmarks new opera house at the Copenhagen waterfront (2004). The establishment of The Mrsk Mc-Kinney Mller Institute for Production Technology at the University
of Southern Denmark, Odense (1997). The restoration of the 17th century Citadel of Copenhagen (1989 and 1999).
The establishment of The Maersk Mc-Kinney Mller Centre for Continuing Education at Churchill College,
Cambridge, United Kingdom (1992). Several donations to medical science in Denmark and abroad. The main Shareholder Upon the death of Mr. A.P. Mller in 1965, the Foundation became the principal shareholder in the two steamship companies, Aktieselskabet Dampskibsselskabet Svendborg (the Steamship Company Svendborg) and
Dampskibsselskabet af 1912 Aktieselskab (The Steamship Company of 1912) today A.P. Mller Mrsk A/S with the purpose of keeping the companies on Danish hands. A new Shipyard After the Second World War the development of vessels tended towards larger units, especially tankers. The capacity of the yard facilities in Havnegade at the Odense Canal was limited to vessels of about 45,000 dwt, and in 1956 the Yards managing director outlined a plan for a new yard to be located on a site with potential for unlimited expansion. In 1957-1959, at Lind on the east side of Odense Fjord, two building docks with a capacity of 200,000 dwt were constructed, together with a fitting-out berth. Among the other buildings was a welding hall which alone covered an acre and a half. The new yard facilities were inaugurated on 23 November 1959 by Prime Minister H.C. Hansen, and parallel to this production continued on the old yard in Odense, from which the last vessel was delivered in 1966. Until 1980, ships sections were still manufactured in Havnegade. Increased Capacity and Innovation At Lind the capacity was increased in 1969 with the establishment of a dry dock, in which vessels of up to 650,000 dwt could be constructed. At the same time, a gantry crane was erected, the largest in Europe at the time. Linds latest newbuildings, including the worlds first double-hulled supertankers and a series of the worlds largest container vessels, are the result of advanced production technique and the use of high-tech production equipment. It has been decided to cease shipbuilding at Lind when the last vessels on order have been delivered in 2012.
The fourth phase set in from 1985 when oil prices began to plunge. That triggered off technological innovation, which has formed the basis of the significant progress for both DUC and its operator Mrsk Olie og Gas AS since then. The efforts made by the Partners in DUC since 1962 has had a positive effect on the Danish society. The activities have prepared the grounds for a new Danish industry, created jobs, made Denmark self-sufficient in oil and gas, given a positive effect on the balance of payments, resulting in billion revenues in the form of taxes and royalties to the Danish state. Besides the North Sea, Mrsk Olie og Gas AS today participates in oil production in Qatar, Algeria and Kazakhstan. Exploration activities are carried out in the North Sea, North Africa, Central Asia, the Middle East and South America. Establishment of Dansk Supermarked The retail arm of the A.P. Moller Maersk Group, Dansk Supermarked A/S was established in partnership with F. Salling A/S. At the death of Ferdinand Salling in 1953, his son Herman Salling took over the management of F. Salling A/S. Having finished a trip around the world to gather inspiration and new ideas, he decided to stake on department stores, stores and supermarkets by chain operation. In 1960 Jysk Supermarked was established, and the same year the first Ftex store opened. Ftex was a completely new type of store in Denmark and was based on the vision of being able to purchase foodstuffs, hardware and textiles under the same roof. Herman Salling aimed to gain a broad foothold in Denmark, and therefore he began the search for a partner who would be able to inject additional capital. Having negotiated with several parties, he found the right partner in 1964: Herman Salling entered into an agreement with A.P. Mller, resulting in the establishment of Dansk Supermarked A/S. Work Horses of the Sea In 1962 A.P. Mller and the Shipping Companies were awarded the concession for exploration for and recovery of raw materials in the Danish subsoil. Among other things, the following years activities required the establishment of a supply service between onshore and the rigs that carried out the practical exploration at sea. As is the case today, the exploration activities were handled by Dansk Undergrunds Consortium (DUC), and A.P. Mller submitted in line with other shipping companies an offer for the supply services. As A.P. Mller won the contract, a new business area was added to its activities. Today, the fleet of supply vessels that serves the offshore oil and gas industry includes more than 60 purposebuilt vessels.
In competition with other shipping companies A.P. Mller had won a contract for transport of the crude oil from Dan, and it was thus the Danish built tanker MARIE MRSK which, on 1 August 1972, could bring the first Danish oil ashore to the Gulf refinery at Stigsns. Nearly 12 years had passed since A.P. Mller in the national interest had undertaken a venture whose commercial possibilities at first seemed extremely limited. Having overcome many challenges and invested around half a billion Danish kroner, the Concessionaires and the DUC Partners now received the first small repayment of their efforts. Maersk Drilling The presentation of the new activity in Mrsk Post, the A.P. Moller - Maersk Groups internal magazine, went like this: This company will hire out drilling rigs to companies engaged in oil exploration.Three drilling rigs two so-called semi-submersibles and one jack-up have been ordered. The two first mentioned will be operated by Storm Drilling Corporation, Houston competent people with whom we have a close working relationship the third rig will be operated by us in co-operation with our American subsidiaries, and we mainly aim at employment on the Danish North Sea shelf. Today, Maersk Drilling operate an advanced and diversified fleet within drilling, floating production and storage. Container Vessels on Maersk Line The transition to modern container transport called for heavy investment, and after several years consideration all major liner shipping companies began to make the first preparations in the middle of the 1960s. A.P. Mllers thoughts on an independent container trade were discussed by successive task groups, and in the spring of 1973 it was decided to place an order for nine fast container vessels for delivery in 1975-1976. This marked the beginning of one of the largest projects in the history of the A.P. Moller Maersk Group: More than DKK 2 billion was soon invested in vessels, terminals, containers, edp, marketing and sale of this new service. As the first of the new container vessels, ADRIAN MRSK departed from the Maersk Line terminal in Port Newark, New Jersey, USA on 5 September 1975. Today, the container business in A.P. Mller - Mrsk A/S consists of the global business units Maersk Line, Damco and APM Terminals as well as a number of local transport and container repair companies. Door-to-Door Transport With containerisation of the liner services in the 1970s, the need for specialised loading (consolidation) of containers to attain higher utilisation of available container space increased. This stimulated the need for improved information and documentation flow, which led to the establishment of Damco, originally called Mercantile and later Maersk Logistics. During the 1980s, other services were introduced in order to manage supply chains from cargo origin to the stores. Today, Damcos services include an LCL programme, preparation of freight papers, airfreight as well as
warehousing and distribution. Advanced information technology is used for managing the supply chain and keeping customers informed.
company was mainly engaged in transport between Great Britain and the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. Norfolk Lines history dates as far back as 1946 when the company began as exporter of agricultural products from the Netherlands. In 1960 the activities were so wide-ranging that it was decided to establish own shipping company to transport the companys cargo. The nature of the activities changed in 1969 when the company took delivery of its first roll-on/roll-off ferry, DUKE OF HOLLAND, and in the course of four years an additional two were added. In 1973 the founder sold his company to Unilever from which A.P. Mller acquired it in 1985.
World Record Container Vessels From the Groups shipyard at Lind, Maersk Line received two series of records breaking container vessels in 1996 and 1997. REGINA MRSK had a capacity 6,000 twenty-foot containers and SOVEREIGN MRSK delivered a year later had a capacity of 6,600 TEU. Both were so-called post-panamax vessels, meaning that their size did not allow them to sail through the Panama Canal. Two large Acquisitions to Maersk Line In 1999, Maersk Line significantly increased its market presence by acquiring first Safmarine Container Lines and later the international container business of Sea-Land Service Inc. All parts of both businesses were integrated with the A.P. Moller group companies, where it naturally belonged, commercially and geographically.
With effect from 1 July 2005 A.P. Mller - Mrsk A/Ss subsidiary, Mrsk Olie og Gas AS (Maersk Oil) acquired the majority of Kerr-McGees UK oil and gas interests. As part of the acquisition Maersk Oil took over a staff of more than 500. Maersk Oil acquired interests in ten producing fields, five of which as operator. The total share of production was some 60,000 barrels oil equivalent per day. In addition, a number of smaller oil and gas discoveries as well as an exploration portfolio were acquired.