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A Maersk Line 40ft container being lifted by a crane. A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S (Danish: [ˈɛˀ ˈpʰe̝ˀ ˈmølɐ ˈmɛɐ̯sk]), usually known simply as Maersk (English: / m ɛər s k / MAIRSK), [3] is a Danish shipping and logistics company founded in 1904 by Arnold Peter Møller and his father Peter Mærsk Møller.
27 August 2024: Maersk christened the Alette Maersk, a 350-meter-long cargo ship with a capacity of over 16,000 TEU, at the Port of Los Angeles. Built in South Korea, this vessel is the first dual-fuel methanol-enabled container ship to arrive in the U.S. Olympic gold-medalist snowboarder Chloe Kim was named the ‘godmother’ of the Alette ...
In 2015, Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) launched the 2M Alliance, a vessel-sharing agreement on the Asia-Europe, trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic trades. . The arrangement, which includes a series of slot exchanges and slot purchases on east–west routes, also involves Maersk Line and MSC taking over a number of charters and operations of vessels chartered to HMM.
Peter Mærsk Møller (/ m ɛər s k ˈ m uː l ər / mairsk MOO-lər; 22 September 1836 – 9 February 1927) was a Danish sea captain and the father of Arnold Peter Møller, founder of the Maersk corporation, and grandfather of Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, who made Maersk the largest container ship operator and supply vessel operator in the world.
In January 2014, due to the strong brand recognition throughout the intra-Americas region, [10] Maersk announced the revival of the SeaLand brand as a specialized intra-regional carrier, taking over the existing Maersk Line network for intra-Americas trade starting January 2015. [12] [13] In January 2023, Maersk announced it would retire the brand.
A.P. Møller – Mærsk headquarters at Nordre Toldbod in Copenhagen harbour. Møller became a partner in the A.P. Moller–Maersk Group in 1940. When Denmark was occupied by Germany during World War II Møller went into exile in the United States and ran the family business from New York until his return to Denmark in 1947.
Arnold Peter Møller (2 October 1876 – 12 June 1965), better known as A. P. Møller, was a Danish shipping magnate, businessman who was the founder of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group in 1904. Biography
Crossword-like puzzles, for example Double Diamond Puzzles, appeared in the magazine St. Nicholas, published since 1873. [32] Another crossword puzzle appeared on September 14, 1890, in the Italian magazine Il Secolo Illustrato della Domenica. It was designed by Giuseppe Airoldi and titled "Per passare il tempo" ("To pass the time"). Airoldi's ...