Maersk Group consists of a collection of companies operating within two main industries of shipping and energy.
Maersk Group has four core businesses which include Maersk Line, APM Terminals, Maersk Oil and Maersk Drilling. Through these companies and several others, the group employs roughly 89,000 people, and generated 47 billion US dollars in revenue in 2013.

As a group, our business success is built on a number of strengths: our size and global reach, our financial strength, our talented employees, our time-honoured values, our approach to sustainability and our drive to innovate. Combined, these strengths form a unique platform for our continued success and future growth.

A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S is listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. Shares in the company are divided into A and B shares, with only A shares conferring voting rights. The group currently has some 66,000 shareholders.
It would be difficult to overstate the importance of corporate values at the Maersk Group. Our values are closely linked to our founding family, and have helped us earn and keep the trust and goodwill of customers and business associates across the globe.

Our values guide the way Maersk Group employees behave, make decisions and interact with others – whether they work in Beijing, Kazakhstan, Nigeria or Honduras. They unite our global workforce, ensuring a continuity of service and customer experience that can be hard to find these days.

MAERSK GROUP VALUES
CONSTANT CARE
TAKE CARE OF TODAY, ACTIVELY PREPARE FOR TOMORROW
HUMBLENESS
LISTEN, LEARN, SHARE, AND GIVE SPACE TO OTHERS
UPRIGHTNESS
OUR WORD IS OUR BOND
OUR EMPLOYEES
THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT FOR THE RIGHT PEOPLE
OUR NAME
THE SUM OF OUR VALUES: PASSIONATELY STRIVING HIGHER

Maersk Group Policies
The Maersk Group’s Group Policies put our Group Core Values into practice, and together with the Group Core Values they govern how the Maersk Group conduct business and how each Business Unit and employee within the Group engages with customers, colleagues, suppliers and the community. The Group Core Values and the Group Policies are applicable to all employees across the Group.

More than a century of doing business in high-risk industries where trust means everything has taught us the importance of leadership stability and continuity.In fact, we’ve only had four CEOs in all that time, and our founding family plays an important part on our board of directors and in the family foundation to this day. | | Maersk Group management is organised around a two-tier system, with an executive board responsible for overall operations, financial results and business growth and a board of directors in supervisory role. At Maersk, the Executive Board consists of the group’s CEO and CFO, along with the CEOs of the four companies that are the main focus of our investments in strategic growth. | |

| | A.P. MøllerA.P. Møller (1876–1965) and his father Captain Peter Mærsk Møller founded what would become the Maersk Group in 1904.
Prior to settling in Copenhagen that year, A.P. Møller had worked in Denmark, England, Germany and Russia. | | | | | Mærsk Mc-Kinney MøllerMærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (1913-2012) was a leader in the global shipping industry for more than half a century and played a significant role in the growth and development of the Maersk Group.
Born in Copenhagen in 1913 to Danish shipping magnate A.P. Møller and his American... |

| | Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney UgglaAne Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla (1948–) is the youngest daughter of Emma and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller. After completing a degree in foreign languages, Ms Uggla married Colonel Peder Uggla and settled in Stockholm, where she completed an additional degree in philosophy. | Maersk Triple E class | No. | Ship | Yard number | IMO number | Delivery | Status | 1 | Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller | 4250 | 9619907 | July 2013[13][14] | in service | 2 | Majestic Mærsk | 4251 | 9619919 | July 2013 | in service[15] | 3 | Mary Mærsk | 4252 | 9619921 | August 2013 | in service[16] | 4 | Marie Mærsk | 4253 | 9619933 | September 2013 | in service | 5 | Madison Mærsk | 4254 | 9619945 | October 2013 | in service | 6 | Magleby Mærsk | 4255 | 9619957 | November 2013 | in service | 7 | Maribo Mærsk | 4256 | 9619969 | January 2014 | in service | 8 | Marstal Mærsk | 4257 | 9619971 | April 2014 | under construction | 9 | Matz Mærsk | 4258 | 9619983 | June 2014 | under construction | 10 | Mayview Mærsk | 4259 | 9619995 | June 2014 | under construction | 11 | TBA | 4262 | | August 2014 | under construction | 12 | TBA | 4263 | | September 2014 | under construction | 13 | TBA | 4264 | | October 2014 | under construction | 14 | TBA | 4265 | | January 2015 | under construction | 15 | TBA | 4266 | | March 2015 | under construction | 16 | TBA | 4267 | | April 2015 | under construction | 17 | TBA | 4268 | | May 2015 | | 18 | TBA | 4269 | | May 2015 | | 19 | TBA | 4270 | | June 2015 | | 20 | TBA | 4271 | | June 2015 | | Source: Equasis,[17] grosstonnage[18] |
The Maersk Triple E class is a family of large, fuel-efficient container ships, designed as a successor to theMaersk E-class. In February and June 2011, Maersk awarded Daewoo Shipbuilding two US$1.9 billion contracts ($3.8bn total) to build twenty of the ships.
The name "Triple E" is derived from the class's three design principles: "Economy of scale, Energy efficient and Environmentally improved". These ships are expected to be not only the world's longest ships in service, but also the most efficient container ships per twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) of cargo.
The ships will be 400 metres (1,312 ft) long and 59 metres (194 ft) wide. While only 3 metres (9.8 ft) longer and 4 metres (13 ft) wider than E-class ships, the Triple E ships will be able to carry 2,500 more containers. With a draft of 14.5 metres (48 ft), they will be too deep to cross the Panama Canal, but will be able to transit the Suez Canal when sailing between Europe and Asia.
One of the class's main design features are the dual 32-megawatt (43,000 hp) ultra-long stroke two-stroke diesel engines, driving two propellers at a design speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph). Slower than its predecessors, this class uses a strategy known as slow steaming, which is expected to lower fuel consumption by 37% and carbon dioxide emissions per container by 50%. The Triple E design helped Maersk win a "Sustainable Ship Operator of the Year" award in July 2011.
Maersk plans to use the ships to service routes between Europe and Asia, projecting that Chinese exports will continue to grow. The Europe-Asia trade represents the company's largest market; it already has 100 ships serving this route. Maersk hopes to consolidate its share of the Europe-Asia trade with the addition of the Triple-E class ships.
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Orders and history[edit]
In February 2011, Maersk announced orders for a new "Triple E" family of containerships with a capacity of 18,000 TEU, with an emphasis on lower fuel consumption.[2] They will be built by Daewoo Shipbuilding in South Korea; the initial order, for ten ships, was valued at US$1.9 billion (2 trillion Korean Won);[3]Maersk had options to buy a further twenty ships.[4] In June 2011, Maersk announced that 10 more ships had been ordered for $1.9bn,[5] but an option for a third group of ten ships would not be exercised.[6] Payment of the ship is "tail-heavy": 40% while the ship is being built, and the remaining 60% paid on delivery.[7]Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2013.[8] Maersk negotiated a two-year warranty, where the standard is one year.[1]
Prior to 2010 many Maersk containerships had been built at Maersk's Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark, but Asian builders are now considered more competitively priced.[9] Maersk had approached several different builders in Asia, having ruled out European shipbuilders (for cost reasons) and Chinese (for technology reasons).[10][11] DSME builds three Triple-Es at a time, and it takes little more than a year to produce a ship.[1]
Investment in more-efficient ships helped Maersk win the "Sustainable Ship Operator of the Year" award from Petromedia Group's on-line publication sustainableshipping.com in July 2011.[12]
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Market[edit]
Maersk plans to use the ships on routes between Europe and Asia.[30] In 2008, there was a reduction in demand for container transport, caused by recessions in many countries. This left shipping lines in financial difficulties in 2009, with surplus capacity. Some ships were laid up or scrapped. However, there was a sudden resurgence of demand for container transport in 2010; Maersk posted its largest ever profit,[43] and orders for new ships increased, leading to fresh concerns about future overcapacity.[44] As of 2013, the market is still characterized by overcapacity, and decreasing prices for new ships. China Shipping Container Lines has ordered 5 ships with a capacity of 18,400 TEU[45] from Hyundai Heavy Industries,[46] topping the Triple E class. Delivery is to begin in late 2014.[45] United Arab Shipping Company has ordered (also from Hyundai) 5 slightly larger ships and 5 ships larger than the Maersk E Class.[46]
Slow steaming is one way of managing capacity and reducing fuel consumption; the Triple E Class is designed for slower speeds than Maersk's preceding class of large container ships. Nonetheless, this order for many big ships is a gamble, on Maersk's part, that Chinese exports will continue to grow.[30] Lack of market growth in the second half of 2012 has caused Maersk to postpone a decision on how to use the Triple-E, and although five Triple-E are expected to be delivered in 2013, they will only have an impact sometime in 2014 when 8-9 Triple-E operate.[47] Maersk already uses approximately 100 ships on the Asia-Europe route, which is their most important.[24] SeaIntel expects about 46 ships with more than 10,000 TEU each to be delivered worldwide in 2013.[48] The construction of newer, larger ships has influenced development plans at ports such as London Gateway or JadeWeserPort in Wilhelmshaven (Germany).[49]
Dimensions and layout[edit]

Some of the longest ships ever built.
The ships are expected to be the world's longest when they enter service.[29][30] A few larger ships have been built, but they were all oil supertankers and have now been scrapped;[30] Seawise Giant was the largest of all.[31][32]
The hull is more 'boxy' with a U-shape compared to the V-shape of Maersk's E-class; this allows more containers to be stored at lower levels, so while the Triple-E is only 3 m wider and 4 m longer, it can carry 2,500 more containers, an increase of 16%. The Triple-E can carry 23 rows of containers compared to 22 of the E-class, which makes better use of the reach of current terminal cranes.[10]
The deckhouse is relatively further forward, whilst the engines are to the rear; similar to CMA CGM's Explorer class of containerships, also built by Daewoo.[33] The forward deckhouse allows containers to be stacked higher in front of the bridge (which further increases capacity) whilst still maintaining forward visibility good enough to comply with SOLAS regulation V/22.
When the class was ordered, no port in the Americas could handle ships of their size.[34] Suitable ports include Shanghai,Ningbo, Xiamen,qingdao, Yantian, Hong Kong, Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore and Colombo in Asia, and Rotterdam,Gothenburg, Wilhelmshaven,[35] Bremerhaven, Felixstowe, Gdańsk and Antwerp in Europe. The ships will be too big for the New Panamax sized locks on the Panama Canal,[34] and their main route is expected to be Asia-Europe (through the Suez Canal).[36] The draft of the Triple-E is 14.5 m, less than the SuezMax requirement of 55.9 ft (17.0 m) at 59 m beam.[37] Handling equipment at ports was the main constraint on size, rather than the dimensions of canals or straits.[10] The container port handling speed can be 29 moves per hour.[38]
Anchor and mooring winch systems are being supplied by TTS Marine.[39]

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Maersk Line plans to duplicate its Asia-Europe Daily Maersk service on other global trade lanes in future, but it is not yet ready to announce them, according to Lucas Vos, the carrier’s chief operating officer.
“It shows that it’s possible to get the reliability up to 98 percent on that trade lane," Vos said at Containerisation International’s 14th annual Liner Shipping Conference in London on Wednesday. Average reliability on the trade is only 69 percent according to Drewry, he said. Maersk plans to raise its reliability to 99 percent by the end of 2012 on the trades between Europe and Asia and Europe and South America. Vos said the new service achieved a record of 99 percent reliability in February this year.
Vos said the service, which was launched last October by combining 68 vessels into a single-six-days-a-week string, is an example of the kinds of changes the current management is trying to make.
“Maersk was not well run for a long time and was not providing value to our shareholders,” he said. “It feels like we lost our way since the 1990s by trying to price our competitors out of the business and not listening to our customers.”
In the wake of the launch of Daily Maersk last fall, other Asia-Europe carriers have begun to compete on reliability as well by combining their services.
Since the launch of the service, Maersk Line has raised its share of the Asia-Europe trade to 25 percent from 21 percent. “Customer satisfaction is at an all-time high, at 6.1 on a scale of 7,” he said. Maersk was forced to regain the market share it had lost to other Asia-Europe carriers that slashed their rates last year, he said. “We didn’t take the lead in cutting rates,” Vos said.

Drilling plans:
Maersk Drilling is committed to the global market with long-term plans for providing technology-driven rigs. Its investments would match every aspect of international solutions to drill in ultra deepwaters and ultra-harsh environment.
The company outlined its plan for the coming year, having recently added one newly built drillship and a jackup to the group’s fleet.
“Our plans for growing the business do not stop with these eight drillships currently under construction. The goal is a rig fleet of 30 rigs,” Maersk Drilling Managing Director in Singapore Jan Holm said in an interview with Rigzone.
“When the time is right, we will be looking to expand the fleet further within our two focus areas; ultra deepwater floaters and jackup for ultra-harsh environment.”
However, the 30-rig goal is not a prerequisite for the target to achieve net operating profit after tax of $1 billion by 2018.
“We expect to invest in one to two more rigs in order to reach the $1 billion, that is, additional investment of $1.3 to $2 billion,” Holm, an industry veteran with an understanding of global exploration and production requirements, commented.
Two important drivers would propel drillship demand for the next 10 years. First, there is growing demand and second an aging rig fleet.

LONDON, 31st October – The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI), a coalition of global companies and NGOs, will today present their collective Vision for the sustainable future of international shipping. It is the first time such a wide-ranging approach has been taken to the challenges facing an industry which carries 90% of world trade.

The Vision for 2040 has been signed into action by the Initiative’s seventeen members, which have a combined market value of half a trillion dollars, to address the principal challenges facing the industry.

Jonathon Porritt, Founder Director of Forum for the Future, said: “Shipping has reached a crossroads. After years of focusing on a commodity-focused ‘boom and bust’ business model, leaders in the industry have aligned to ask more of themselves – emphasising the urgent need to take the lead in reshaping the entire industry ahead of regulation.”

The Vision, supported by four implementation work streams, has five key objectives for the industry:

Communities To become a more trusted and responsible partner in the communities in which the industry operates;
Employment To provide a safe, healthy, secure and rewarding work environment to the over 2 million people working in shipping;
Energy & Environment To diversify the industry’s energy mix and ensure greater resource efficiency, make dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas intensity, and ensure responsible governance of the oceans;
Governance To promote greater transparency and accountability at corporate and industry levels;
Innovation To enable the financing and large scale uptake of technological and operational innovations, that will lead to a step-change in the industry’s performance on sustainability.

Maersk Line Chief Operating Officer, Morten H. Engelstoft, said: "We are in business for the long-term and therefore take an active role in defining the future we want to be part of. Delivering on a joint vision for our industry will help drive a needed change in operating models – thereby allowing economies to grow, trade to develop and social wealth to spread."

The Vision involves the set-up of work streams tasked with kick-starting implementation of the objectives. The first of these address the following areas, which offer the greatest potential to accelerate change: * Innovative financing models – developing new finance mechanisms to enable faster roll-out of new technologies and innovation. * Enabling a step change in energy technology innovation and uptake – identifying and overcoming key non-financial barriers to the uptake of low-carbon and energy efficient technologies. * Reducing the life-cycle impact of ship materials – by developing a system for tracking and monitoring materials used and reused in ship building, with the aim of progressively phasing out unwanted materials and increasing opportunities for and the efficiency of recycling – as well as weeding out poor working practices. * ‘Standard of standards’ – producing an overarching framework and governance structure to manage and align the growing number of beyond-compliance standards and rating systems.
The SSI invites organisations in the wider industry wishing to participate in the four work streams. These will start work in March and report to the SSI Steering Group on a regular basis. The overall Initiative will report publicly on a biannual basis.

Unilever Chief Supply Chain Officer, Pier-Luigi Sigismondi, said: " With shipping being an increasingly important part of supply chain, the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) represents a unique opportunity to reduce environmental impact not only for Unilever, but right across the industry."

For further information about the SSI or to download the Vision 2040 please visit »www.forumforthefuture.org/project/sustainable-shipping-initiative/overview
A.P. Moller – Maersk Group (Danish: A.P. Møller – Mærsk Gruppen), also known as Maersk, is a Danish business conglomerate.[2] A.P. Moller – Maersk Group has activities in a variety of business sectors, primarily within thetransportation and energy sectors. It has been the largest container ship operator and supply vessel operator in the world[3] since 1996.[4]
A.P. Moller – Maersk Group is based in Copenhagen, Denmark,[5] with subsidiaries and offices in more than 135 countries worldwide and around 108,000 employees.[1] It ranked 147 on the Fortune Global 500 list for 2010, down from 106 in 2009.[6]
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History[edit]
Main article: History of Maersk
A.P. Moller – Maersk Group started as the shipping company Dampskibsselskabet Svendborg, founded by captain Peter Mærsk-Møller and his son Arnold Peter Møller (2 October 1876 – June 1965) in Svendborg, 1904. A.P. Møller had four children, two by each of his two wives Chastine Estelle Roberta Mc-Kinney and Norwegian-born Pernille Ulrikke Amalie Nielsen. A.P. Møller's second child was Arnold Mærsk McKinney Møller (13 July 1913 – 16 April 2012). In 1939, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller became a partner in the company. Following the death of A.P. Møller in June 1965, he becameCEO of the company and held this post until 1993, when he was succeeded by Jess Søderberg. Beginning in 1965, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller also served as company chairman and did not relinquish this position until December 2003 (90 years old), when the chairmanship was taken over by Michael Pram Rasmussen. Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller was until his death one of the "managing owners" of the company and was chairman of Odense Steel Shipyard until 2 May 2006.[2]
The meaning and origin of the Maersk Group logo[edit]
P.M. Møller (1836–1927), who was a deeply religious Christian, attached a blue banner with a white seven pointed staron both sides of the black chimney on the steamship Laura when his wife recovered from illness. In a letter to his wife, P.M. Møller explained in October 1886, "The little star on the chimney is a memory of the night when I prayed for you and asked for a sign: If a star would appear in the gray and cloudy sky, it would mean that the Lord answers prayers." The same star later became the logo for the Maersk Group.[7] | Type | Publicly traded aktieselskab | Traded as | OMX: MAERSK A, MAERSK B | Industry | Conglomerate | Founded | 1904 | Headquarters | Copenhagen, Denmark | Key people | Nils Smedegaard Andersen(CEO)
Michael Pram Rasmussen | Products | Container shipping andterminals, ferry and tanker transport, semi-submersibledrilling rigs and FPSOs, oil and gas exploration and production,shipyards, store retail | Revenue | DKK 322.520 billion (2011)[1] | Operating income | DKK 55.016 billion (2011)[1] | Profit | DKK 18.083 billion (2011)[1] | Total assets | DKK 374.72 billion (end 2010)[1] | Total equity | DKK 192.96 billion (end 2010)[1] | Employees | 117,000 (average, 2012)[1] | Website | www.maersk.com |
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Business areas[edit]
A.P. Moller – Maersk's activities are organised into several main business segments: Container shipping and related activities; APM Terminals; Tankers, Training, offshore and other shipping activities; Oil and gas activities; Retail activity; andShipyards, other industrial companies, interest in Danske Bank, etc.[2]
Container shipping and related activities[edit]
"Container shipping and related activities" is the largest business area for A.P. Moller – Maersk, providing almost half of the group's revenue in 2008. It comprises worldwide container services, logistics and forwarding solutions and terminal activities under the brand names: Maersk Line, Safmarine and Damco.[8] Since 1996, Mærsk is the largest container shipping company in the world.[4]
Maersk Line[edit]
Main article: Maersk Line

Mærsk Kalamata in Seattle harbour

Eleonora Mærsk, one of the E-class vessels
The largest operating unit in A.P. Moller – Maersk by revenue and staff (around 25,000 employees in 2012)[9] is Maersk Line. In 2013 the company described itself as the world's largest overseas cargo carrier and operated over 600 vessels with 3.8 million[10] Twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) container capacity.
In 2006, the largest container ship in the world to that date, the E-class vessel Emma Maersk, was delivered to Maersk Line from Odense Steel Shipyard.[11] Seven other sisterships have since been built, and on 21 February 2011, Maersk ordered 10 even larger container ships from Daewoo, the Triple E class, each with a capacity of 18,000 containers. The first were delivered in 2013.[12] It held options for 10–20 more,[13][14][15] and in June 2011 placed follow-on orders for a second batch of ten sisterships (to the same design) with the same shipyard, but cancelled its option for a third batch of ten.
As of February 2010, Maersk had an order book for new ships totalling 857000TEU (including options on the Triple E class); that backlog is larger than the existing fleet of the fourth-largest line, Evergreen Line.[4]
Maersk Line cooperated with the US Navy on testing 7-100% algae biofuel on the Maersk Kalmar in December 2011.[16][17]
In January 2012 Søren Skou took over as CEO of Maersk Line from Eivind Kolding.[18][19] Later that year the company ceased its business in Iran in order to prevent potential damage in the company's business with Western countries, particularly the US, due to the sanctions regime lead by those countries.[20]
MCC Transport[edit]
MCC Transport is an Intra-Asia carrier delivering containerised cargo.
Seago Line[edit]
Seago Line is a subsidiary shipping line which serves ports with the Mediterranean.[21]
Safmarine[edit]
Safmarine is an independently operated shipping company in the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group with roots in Africa. It operates a fleet of more than 40 container vessels and more than 20 multi purpose vessels (MPV's). [A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S annual report 2008]
The company has five container vessels and four MPV's on order for delivery in 2009–2011.[22]
Damco[edit]
Damco is the combined brand of the Maersk Group's logistics activities previously known as Maersk Logistics and Damco.[8] Damco has 10,800 employees in offices in more than 93 countries.[8] and is involved in supply chain management and freight forwarding solutions all over the world.
Maersk Line, Limited[edit]
Maersk Line, Limited, is a US-based subsidiary of A.P. Moller – Maersk Group which manages a fleet of US-flag vessels and provides U.S. government agencies and their contractors with transportation and logistics services. Headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia,[23] it manages the world's largest fleet of US-flag vessels. Beginning with a relatively small number of vessels focused on handling commercial and US Government-subsidised cargoes, MLL's fleet of vessels engaged in commercial liner services.
DFDS[edit]
Main article: DFDS
The A.P. Moller – Maersk Group owns a 31% stake in Danish shipping company DFDS.
Other[edit]
Maersk Container Industry A/S: Container manufacturing with factories in China (Dongguan and Qingdao) and headquarters in Denmark (Tinglev).[2] It was also announced that a new factory in Chile (San Antonio) is under way.
Container Inland Services (Includes; Depots, Equipment Repair, Trucking, Container Sales etc.)[2]
Maersk Global service center Maersk Gsc is an Official Shared Service center serves Back office off shore Activities for AP Moller Maersk Group, GSC is located at Chennai,Mumbai,Pune,Chengdu,Manila.
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Tankers, offshore and other shipping activities[edit]
Tankers, offshore and other shipping activities" was responsible for 8.8% of Maersk's revenue in 2008, and posted 25% of the group's profit for this period. The business segment comprises Maersk Tankers, Maersk Supply Service, Maersk Drilling, Maersk FPSOs, Maersk LNG and Svitzer.[8]
Maersk Tankers[edit]
Maersk Tankers is involved in transportation of oil and gas product, among others. As of July 2009, Maersk Tankers operates 140 vessels: 20 crude carriers, 91 product tankers, 21 gas carriers, 8 LNG carriers (for liquefied natural gas). All Maersk Tankers’ tankers are double-hulled, an environmental requirement in much of the world following the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill and other serious oil spills.[22] Since 2009, the company (along with other operators) has used slow steaming; reducing speed to minimize fuel consumption and decrease yearly capacity.[24]
Maersk Drilling[edit]
Main article: Maersk Drilling
Maersk Drilling is involved in drilling activities all over the world. They service a number of oil and gas companies with drilling of exploration and production wells.[8]
Maersk Drilling owns 26 rigs including six ultra-harsh environment jack-ups, six further jack-ups, four semi-submersibles and 10 drilling barge rigs. In the North Sea, Maersk Drilling operate the world's largest and most advanced harsh environment jack-up rigs, the sister rigs Maersk Innovator and Maersk Inspirer at water depths up to 150 metres (490 ft).[25] In addition, the company has ordered four deepwater drillships from Samsung Heavy Industries and two ultra-harsh environment jack-ups from Keppel FELS.[26] The company has announced that it is investing in developing the technology that allows drilling year-round in the Arctic.[27]
Maersk Supply Service[edit]
Maersk Supply Service provides anchor handling, towage of drilling rigs and platforms as well as supply service to the offshore industry. By the end of 2008, the fleet comprised 39 anchor handling vessels (including one chartered vessel), 11 supply vessels and 3 other vessel, and with 14 anchor handling vessels and 2 supply vessels on order.[8]
Svitzer[edit]
Svitzer is involved in towage, salvage and other offshore support and is represented in more than 100 ports. By the end of 2008, Svitzer's fleet comprised 347 tugboats (including 14 chartered vessels), 32 standby vessels (including 2 chartered vessels) and 145 other vessels (including 12 chartered vessels). 53 tugboats, 4 standby vessels and 1 other vessel are on order.[8]
Other[edit]
37.5% ownership share of Höegh Autoliners: By the end of 2008, Höegh Autoliners operated 67 car carriers with a transported volume of 1.9 million car units annually.[8]
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Oil and gas activities[edit]
Main article: Maersk Oil
Maersk Oil (Danish: Mærsk Olie og Gas A/S) was established in 1962 when Maersk was awarded a concession for oil and gas exploration and production in the Danish sector of the North Sea.[10]
Today, Maersk Oil is engaged in exploration for and production of oil and gas in many parts of the world.[11] Total oil production is more than 600,000 barrels per day (95,000 m³/d) and gas production is up to some 1 billion cubic feet (28,000,000 m³) per day. Most of this production is from the North Sea, from both the Danish and British sectors, but there is also production in offshore Qatar, in Algeria and in Kazakhstan.
In addition to the above-mentioned producing sites, Maersk Oil is involved in exploration activities in Danish, British, Dutch and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea, Qatar, Algeria, Kazakhstan, Angola, Gulf of Mexico (US sector), Turkmenistan, Oman, Morocco, Brazil, Colombia and Suriname. Most of these activities are not 100% owned, but are via membership in a consortium.
The company prides itself for having developed production techniques especially suited to difficult environments (North Sea, etc.) and for drilling techniques that succeed in extracting oil from problematic underground conditions.
"Oil and gas activities" provided A.P. Moller – Maersk with 22% of its revenue and 68% of its profit in 2008.[8]
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Retail activity[edit]
Main article: Dansk Supermarked Gruppen
Dansk Supermarked Group: Commercial retail and supermarkets: Bilka (hypermarkets), Føtex (quality supermarkets), F. Salling (department stores) and Netto (discount supermarket).[8]
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Other activities[edit]
Maersk Training[edit]
Maersk Training provides specialist training to specific industries. The 2010 merger of Maersk Training Centre and Svitzer Safety Services broadened a portfolio of courses to exploit the maritime, oil & gas, terminals and wind power industries.
With centres in Svendborg and Esbjerg in Denmark, the MT Group global locations include Aberdeen and Newcastle in the UK, Esbjerg in Denmark and Stavanger in Norway.[28] Centres are also in Chennai, India and Singapore. Bahrain is the Middle Eastern hub and a new Brazilian centre in Rio de Janeiro opened in 2013.
Star Air[edit]
Star Air operates 11 leased Boeing 767 cargo aircraft, primarily engaged in long-term contract flying for United Parcel Service (UPS) in Europe.[8] The Maersk corporate aircraft, a Canadair Challenger 604, is also operated by Star Air.
Danske Bank[edit]
Main article: Danske Bank
A.P. Moller – Maersk owns a 20% stake in Danske Bank, one of the biggest banks in Scandinavia.[8]
Maersk Global service center is an official shared Service center for the AP Moller Maersk Group.