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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.
1969: Maersk Air is founded and begins operations the following year. M-class vessel "Maersk Mykonos" at NTB Bremerhaven, July 2006. July 1971: Odense Yard produces the 283,000 tdw turbine tanker Regina Mærsk, the biggest ship in Europe. 1972: The first gas tanker for A.P. Møller, Inge Mærsk enters service.
Maersk Line is a Danish international container shipping company and the largest operating subsidiary of Maersk, a Danish business conglomerate.Founded in 1928, it is the world's second largest container shipping company by both fleet size and cargo capacity, offering regular services to 374 ports in 116 countries. [2]
A. P. Møller went on to found Dampskibsselskabet af 1912 (Steamship Company of 1912) to be free to operate his business as he chose. [2] The two companies were merged as A.P. Møller-Mærsk in 2003. [3] A. P. Møller married American Chastine Mc-Kinney, with whom he had two sons, Arnold and Hans, and two daughters, Jane and Sally.
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.
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.
Maersk Air Cargo was founded in 1982, but only acted as a cargo division. Due to the regulations, it only acted as a ground handling agent for overseas airlines, the largest being Cathay Pacific . [ 4 ]
APM Terminals was founded as the port and terminal operating unit of Copenhagen, Denmark-based A.P. Moller - Maersk Group in January 2001. In 2004, APM Terminals moved its headquarters from Copenhagen to The Hague, Netherlands.