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On August 1, 1972, the first Danish oil was brought ashore at Stigsnæs near MÆRSK Skælskør. It came from the Dan Field, 200 kilometres west of Esbjerg. That signalled the beginning of a new era and I expressed the hope that this new development would benefit the entire Danish society, that Danish oil production would prove a valuable contribution to the development of trade and industry in our country, and that, in the long run, would become self-sufficient, up to a point at least, in terms of the most important source of energy at that time. Published by A.P. Møller, Editor: Einar Siberg Now, 15 years later, I am happy to say that these hopes have essentially Printers: scanprint, Jyllands-Posten A/s, come true. But not without effort. Viby J The original Dan Field - platforms A, B & C - turned out to be a dis- Local correspondents: appointment. The experts had forecast a yearly production of 500,000 tons from the five wells; but the limestone in the reservoir was stubborn and HONG KONG: Lars Christiansen production in the first year 1972 totalled just 93,000 tons and in the second INDONESIA: Lars R. Jacobsen year 134,000 tons. But progress has been made. In 1976 the Dan Field was JAPAN: M. Konishi extended with a D platform, in 1977 with an E platform and in 1987 with the PHILIPPINES: Lydia B. Cervantes F platform. Other fields have been established - the oil fields Gorm (1981), SINGAPORE: David Tan Skjold (1982), and Rolf (1986), and in 1984 the Tyra gas field - bringing the THAILAND: Pornchai Vimolratana estimate for combined oil and gas production to the equivalent of 7 million UNITED KINGDOM: Ann Thornton tons of oil or about 65% of Denmark's consumption of oil and gas. U.S. EAST COAST: Barney Brennan U.S. WEST COAST: Jennifer Caro More than 100 exploration and evaluation wells have been drilled and about U.S. GULF: Gregory Bakalich 100 production wells. Intensive work has gone into developing other DUC finds and into ongoing efforts to increase production from existing fields. DISA: B. Trier-Hansen For example, a horizontal well is being drilled at the Dan Field. This tech- MAERSK AIR: Marita Petersen nique is being used for the first time in the dense limestone layers in the MÆRSK DATA: Kim Kruse Andersen North Sea. If this pioneer work is successful, it could lead to increased ex- THE YARD: Jørgen Petersen ploitation of the hydrocarbons present in the field - known as so called »Oil PAPYRO-TEX: Helge Madsen in Place«. PHARMA-PLAST: Vicki Stene ROSTI: Marianne Maltow All these wells and the large installations in the North Sea have provided ROULUND: Elsebeth Bastholm the basis for significant and technically advanced contributions by many Danish companies within this for Denmark new field of activity, and many jobs have been created.

And from a modest beginning, Mærsk Olie og Gas, well supported by our DUC partners, has developed expertise in exploration and production through the years. For example the supermodule for the Dan F project was conceived in cooperation with the Lindø Yard - the module represents a new concept in the construction of large installations in the North Sea.

For many years now, investments have been considerable, and they will continue to be so. A.P. Møller, having taken over the Chevron share to- gether with Shell, is now responsible for 39% of the DUC. Of course, lower oil prices have been a challenge to us all to be more efficient, to rationalize our work routines, to find simple concepts for establishing new production, etc. Our exellent staff meets this challenge every day. Volume 26, No. 2 June 1987 MÆRSK MC-KINNEY MØLLER Reproduction permitted with acknowledgement of source. New ship: "MÆRSK LEADER"

The "MÆRSK LEADER" on her trial run in the North Sea off the Dutch coast.

On April 9, the A. P. Møller Com- from the control station by the stern 12 passengers in two two-berth cabins and pany took delivery of the m.s. "MÆRSK bridge. two four-berth cabins, each with a bath LEADER", the first of four Multipur- The new ships are 69.90 metres long o.a., and toilet. There is also a hospital with two pose/Tug/Supply Vessels built at the 15.90 metres wide, and have a draught of beds. Dutch shipyard of J. Pattje. Existing sup- 5.30 metres at 2,000 tons deadweight. Soon after her delivery, the "MÆRSK ply vessels derive their characteristic The main engines are two MaK 8M35s LEADER" sailed north to start work in appearance from two funnels, one on jointly yielding 12,000 BHP, a service the Norwegian section of the North Sea. either side of the deck house, but this new speed of 16 knots, and a bollard pull of 150 Aage Christensen was her Captain, Ole series of ships breaks the tradition. They tons. Dyhrberg her Chief Engineer, and Sylvi only have one funnel, thus improving the The accommodation provides single rooms Hansen her Chief Officer. sideview from the wheel-house, parti- with private baths and toilets for 12 crew cularly during manoeuvres conducted members. In addition, the ship can carry 29

The Dan Field - now Denmark's largest oil field

The Dan Field in 1972.

At 06.12 a.m. on Tuesday, April 14, oil cause of the dense limestone structure at production began at the Dan F - the new the field; it has no natural cracks so only a platforms of the Dan Field, the first fraction of the oil in the reservoir can be Danish oil field. The extension comprises extracted. two well-head platforms with 24 wells in all The latest addition is expected to make the plus a processing and accommodation plat- Dan Field the most productive field in form. Dansk Undergrunds Consortium 1987, at 1,350,000 tons of oil. The Gorm has paid 4,000 million Dkr. for the new Field, by comparison, is expected to total plant. 1.2 million tons of oil this year. On Tuesday, August 1, 1972, the first oil The hook-up, which is the final fitting at was brought ashore from the Dan Field, sea, provided work for several hundred which at that time consisted of three plat- people for seven months. That was fast for forms: a well-head platform with five a plant this size; it was made possible pri- wells, a processing platform, and a flare marily by Mærsk Oil and Gas and the platform as well as a mooring buoy where Lindø Yard, which have developed the the oil was transferred to tankers. concept of building the processing facilities But the Dan Field was a disappointment. as one module - the supermodule weigh- It produced less oil than expected, so in ing 4,800 tons. 1974 the DUC decided to extend the field. To date, more than 40 wells have been The D platform with six wells was ready in drilled at the Dan Field, which has pro- 1976 and a year later, the E platform add- duced over 4.3 million tons of oil in all. ed another six wells, 1.5 kilometres from But the DUC is drilling a new well, a hor- the original plant. izontal well (for details, see page 16) which These extensions ensured the expected may bring results of great importance to production of half a million tons of oil in the future development of the Dan Field. 1977, but the yield soon dropped again be-

Dan F today. Ocean sediments telltale of green

BY WALTER SULLIVAN, Copyright © 1987 by The New York Times Company. Reprinted by permission. PHOTOS: TONNY GEMKE and Texas A & M University, Ocean Drilling Program/John Beck V -•••„„-J-,- .,«4...-..^...

Thanks to a companion ship that lassoed giant icebergs and towed them out of the way, a research vessel has drilled through : : - V , ... * ; - - ' '' . ; , '•.;*••; : : ; ' : * . - - ' ' ' ' 1 the sea floor off Antarctica and extracted detailed samples recording the continent's complex, even verdant, past. The companion ship was the "MÆRSK MASTER". : " . • ^ •• •• . u r

The samples are the most recent results of the Ocean Drilling Project, an internation- ally supported effort to extract clues to the earth's history from the ocean floor. Since the project was revived under new di- rection in 1985, scientists have drilled at many sites in the Atlantic as well as some in the Mediterranean and west of South

- America, often producing unexpected findings about the earth's geological and climatic history. Perhaps the most interesting and unex- pected recent discoveries came from the drilling near Antarctica. The new evidence shows astounding differences in the cli- mate histories of East and West Antarc- tica. It confirms theories that the continent once enjoyed temperate weather. And it contradicts the belief that West Antarctica occasionally sheds its ice and rapidly raises global sea levels. Sediments under the nearby Weddell Sea show no evidence of The crew of the "MÆRSK MASTER" had a unique opportunity of studying the animal life of the any such ice loss over the past 4.8 million Antarctica at close quarters: albatrosses flew by, whales circled around the vessel, and penguins felt at years, the scientists found. home aboard. This finding is good news for people who fear that such a sudden discharge of ice will follow warming of the climate, accord- ing to Dr. James P. Kennett of the Univer- sity of Rhode Island, who led the project with Dr. Peter Barker of the University of Birmingham in Britain. Such warming, the "greenhouse effect", is predicted from in- creased carbon dioxide and other indus- trial gases in the atmosphere. The new evidence indicates that even though the climate was sometimes almost subtropical, the West ice has re- mained intact for nearly 5 million years. There is strong evidence that global sea levels rose as much as 30 feet in such times, but Dr. Kennett said it now appear- ed that this was due to gradual melting of ice near both poles, rather than a sudden melting from West Antarctica. West Antarctica is an ice-covered archipelago about the size of the Philippines. It is se- parated from East Antarctica by one of the Earth's great mountain systems, which The "MÆRSK MASTER" sailing around an iceberg off Antarctica, paying out a floating tow line to lasso the berg and tow it away. The drill ship "JOIDES RESOLUTION" (ex "SEDCO/BP471«).

spans the continent. In East, a Different Story The scientists operated from the drill ship Cores obtained off Queen Land in "JOIDES RESOLUTION" in the Wed- East Antarctica tell a different story, he dell Sea for two months ending in March. said. They show that an ice cover began to Cores containing cross sections of sea floor form there far earlier, some 37 million sediment accumulated over 50 million years ago. years or more were extracted by drilling But until about 15 million years ago the ice into the bottom, sometimes beneath three sheet was incomplete. The of miles of water. abundant diatoms that could live only in A variety of surprising clues to Antarc- sunny coastal waters indicated that before tica's history emerged. Spores and pollen that time the ice sheet did not extend over grains showed that, until about 39 million the ocean in the form of ice shelves, as it years ago, the continent was lush with does today. beech trees and with ferns that, like those Today an upwelling of bottom waters rich of New England, require frost-free in nutrients makes the oceans near Antarc- periods. tica among the most biologically product- Microscopic fossils of freshwater diatoms, ive in the world; whales and sea birds mi- algae with silica shells, were found off grate there to fatten. This upwelling ap- Kapp Norvegia in Queen Maud Land and parently began about 8 million years ago, off the Antarctic Peninsula reaching when the sediment shows a gradual in- toward South America. The diatoms were crease of silica derived from the shells of apparently washed from lakes on the pen- marine organisms. The "MÆRSK MASTER" towing an iceberg. insula as recently as 20 million years ago. Because of the iceberg-towing feats of the The route of the "MÆRSK MASTER", and the Dr Kennett said the scientists found in the research ship's companion, the "MÆRSK drilling sites. sample cores that clays typical of those MASTER", the "JOIDES RESOL- produced by ordinary weathering gave UTION" survived the treacherous Wed- way with surprising abruptness to the type dell Sea, which has crushed or trapped produced by the grinding action of ice. such ships as Ernest Schackleton's The main West Antarctic ice sheet began "ENDURANCE" and Otto Norden- forming about 8 million years ago. There skjold's "ANTARCTIC". When radar apparently were periods when the ice showed an advancing iceberg the melted, feeding rivers that deposited sand "MÆRSK MASTER" went to work, said and gravel on the continental shelf. David Huey, the expedition's engineering Periodically these accumulations cascaded specialist. down the sea floor slope, depositing layers The ship would sail around the iceberg and of sand and gravel that were penetrated by pay out a tow line. Once the berg had been the scientists' drill. Above the depth form- completely encircled, the lassoed berg ed 4.8 million years ago these deposits would be towed away. Dr. Kennett said vanished. This is believed to be when the one of the icebergs weighed "tens of milli- ice cover of West Antarctica became per- ons of tons". The towing speed was about manent. The remaining upper layers are half a knot, but varied because deep cur- 11/3 i strikingly uniform. rents, acting on the 800-foot draft of the 6/4

Dr. Kennett said previous drilling into the berg, pushed it in random directions. At ti- Cape Horn 8/1 — — floor of the Bellingshausen Sea, on the mes, according to Mr. Huey, radar track- other side of the Antarctic Peninsula, pro- ing showed "that the berg was towing the , \ 'S© »O duced a similar record of prolonged ice ship". &2,3 sheet stability. The drilling project, which is based at \ / Texas A & M (Agricultural & Mechanical)

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On November 23, 1986, the "MÆRSK In the first part of the programme, the RESOLUTION" so that she avoided MASTER" left Rotterdam for Punta "MÆRSK MASTER" towed 17 ice- losing valuable drilling time. Arenas in southern Chile, carrying a bergs weighing 48.9 million tons in all, This task completed, the "MÆRSK crew of 12 plus an electrician. On De- and she used the prop-wash method to MASTER" was returned on April 6 cember 18, she called at Rio de Janeiro reroute seven icebergs representing a and sailed north for warmer seas. The for two days of introduction to Brazili- total weight of 149,400 tons. crew finished their voyage on April 24 an customers before continuing south. The last issue of Mærsk Post described at Las Palmas, where another crew was She made a short stop at Punta Arenas the largest of the icebergs. It weighed ready to take the "MÆRSK harbour to change crews and load final 11.9 million tons which, according to MASTER" to the North Sea. supplies. She took on board three the ice watch on the "JOIDES This was the end of a long and hard, scientists from Birmingham and Texas RESOLUTION", is a world record for but also very interesting job. Universities and then sailed with the this type of operation. "JOIDES RESOLUTION" for the At the end of the first part of the drill- •fr ^ -w- first drill site. Her master was Captain ing programme, the "MÆRSK P. Messman and Uwe Langschwager MASTER" and the "JOIDES S. Berkowitz, L. Lawver, and M. Lons- was her Chief Engineer. RESOLUTION" moved to the Falk- dale, the three scientists on board the The "MÆRSK MASTER" spent the land Islands (Isias Malvinas), because "MÆRSK MASTER", wrote a report: next 64 days without port calls, helping the drill ship needed fresh supplies and "In conclusion, I would like to say that the "JOIDES RESOLUTION". The bunkers and had to change crews. Four everyone aboard this ship has not only ships arrived at the first drill site on days later, the ships sailed for the first been helpful but has an uncanny knack January 15, and then they worked their site in the second part of the pro- for anticipating our needs and dealing way round various locations as plan- gramme. The charterers had planned to with problems before they even arise. I ned. return the "MÆRSK MASTER" when am truly grateful for their helpfulness, The "MÆRSK MASTER" was very the "JOIDES RESOLUTION" had enthusiasm and friendship. I must in busy. She moved icebergs - by using finished drilling at this location, sub- particular mention the help that Ole the force of water from water cannons, sequent sites being so that the electrician has given us. Without his or by using the slipstream from the pro- there was no risk of icebergs. But the help the shipboard scientific program pellers to change the direction of the carrier that was supposed to supply the would not exist. The »MÆRSK icebergs (the prop-wash method), or by drill ship with oil did not arrive at the MASTER« is the flagship of the Mærsk towing them away. She also assisted Falkland Islands (Isias Malvinas) on fleet and the Captain and all of the with scientific investigations of the time, so it was decided that the crew members are surely the best that magnetic properties of ocean-floor "MÆRSK MASTER" should make Mærsk must have because I cannot rocks. She set, towed, and retrieved two calls at Gryteviken on South Geor- imagine a better bunch of sailors!« "sediment traps" which were used to gia Island, where the carrier was at an- collect organic particles from the sea chor. The "MÆRSK MASTER" floor, and she reconnoitred for danger- collected bunkers which were trans- ous icebergs. ferred at sea to the "JOIDES

29 Mr and Mrs Pen, Mr and Mrs Otsuka and, in the middle, Mr and Mrs Per Jørgensen, representing the owner, with the guests in front of the "MAERSK SEA" just after it was named.

Mrs Setsuko Otsuka cutting the cord for the "MAERSK SUN".

Mrs Grace Pen naming the "MAERSK SEA

The "MAERSK SEA" on her trial run. New ships: "MAERSK SUN" and"MAERSKSEA" On Thursday, March 12, two pure car the cord to launch the ship. 2027 cars each, but the new ships can hold carriers for Maersk Company (Singapore) Then Mrs Grace Pen named newbuilding more than 2500 cars. Pte., Ltd. were named at the Tamano no. 1336 the "MAERSK SEA". Mrs Pen The new ships are 157.50 metres long, Works of the Mitsui Engineering & Ship- and her husband Mr Eddie Pen, President 27.00 metres wide, and 27.15 metres deep. building Company, Ltd., in Japan. of Pen Holdings, Inc., had come to Japan The main engine is a Mitsui-B&W diesel Newbuilding no. 1337 was the first to slide from Tennessee, USA, for the event. engine type 5L70MCE yielding 12,200 down the slipway. It was named the The two new ships are of the same type as BHP and a speed of about 19.5 knots. "MAERSK SUN" by Mrs Setsuko Otsu- the "MAERSK WAVE" and the The "MAERSK SEA" was delivered from ka, wife of the Managing Director of Mit- "MAERSK WIND", built in 1980, but of the yard on Monday, March 30, and the sui & Co., Ltd., Mr T. Otsuka. Having larger capacity. The "MAERSK WAVE" "MAERSK SUN" will be delivered at the conducted the christening, Mrs Otsuka cut and the "MAERSK WIND" can carry end of July. 29 Los Angeles on the move

BY GREGORY BERK, LOS ANGELES

Maersk Line's state-of-the-art 53-acre terminal facility in Long Beach. (Photo by. Elmar Baxter, Port of Long Beach).

Taking part in the dedication ceremonies for the new Long Beach Terminal were, left to right: George F. Talin, Sr., Long Beach Harbor Commissioner; Peter Klaus, Maersk Line Agency General Manager; S. "Pete" Aspaturian, Maersk Terminal Manager; Glenn M. Anderson, U.S. Congressman; Ed DeNike, Chief Operating Officer for Stevedoring Services; Donald Artis, Vice President Moller Steamship Co.; James H. McJunkin, Port of Long Beach Executive Director; and Mogens Lauridsen, Vice President Moller Steamship Co. The twin glass towers of the Arco Center, the new home for our Los Angeles office, have become a distinctive architectural landmark in Long Beach. In the background is the Port of Long Beach, home of the famed "QUEEN MARY" and "SPRUCE GOOSE". Also shown is the "LICA MÆRSK", calling at the new Container Yard Terminal. (Photo by: Nels Taylor).

One of the world's largest, the Intermodal Container Transfer Facility can handle 230 containers per hour through its 16 gate processing system. (Photo by: Elmar Baxter, Port of Long Beach).

Within the Pacific Rim, Los Angeles has become a major international trade and fi- nancial center. The Pacific Rim accounts for 41 percent of world business, and with economic activity and trade shifting from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the combined ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach now handle approximately 70 percent of the na- tion's trade to and from the Pacific Rim. The economy of greater Los Angeles has a remarkably diverse base - aerospace, agri- culture, entertainment, financial services, health care, insurance, and manufactur- ing. The Los Angeles basin, with a popula- 29 Our 120,000 sq. ft. Victoria Street CFS is the most modern facility on the West Coast. The smaller building in the foreground is the west coast administrative headquarters for Bridge Terminal Transport.

tion of 13 million, contains the largest con- number of hotels and restaurants, is con- 24, 1987, with over 1,000 customers and centration of people outside of greater tributing to the rapid increase in business dignitaries in attendance. New York. This metropolitan area will and convention trade within the city. produce $ 250 billion of goods and services The relocation also provides easy access to Victoria Street Container Freight Station this year, making it the world's 11th largest the terminal office, as well as Bridge Ter- In order better to service the needs of our "nation" in terms of Gross National Pro- minal Transport and our Victoria Street Container Freight Station exporters and duct. Container Freight Terminal, all within 15 importers, Maersk Line opened its own The potential for expansion is so great that minutes of the office. Container Freight Station in April 1986. the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach This U.S. Customs bonded facility is a are in the midst of a $ 4 billion expansion Long Beach Terminal Move 120,000 sq. ft. building on 9.5 acres of plan that will allow them to meet a project- After two years of studies and planning, land, located eight miles from the Port of ed 170 percent increase in demand by the and within four months after the main of- Long Beach. Victoria Street has 72 loading year 2020. fice relocation, the terminal staff com- doors, a transloading platform, mainten- The Port of Long Beach presently pro- pleted a major move to an expanded facili- ance building, reefer plugs, and parking vides 578 acres of container terminal area, ty on Pier J. Having outgrown our 30 acres for over 125 loaded containers in the yard. occupied by seven container terminals. on Pier G, and faced with increasing cargo The Victoria Street Container Freight Sta- The 26 gantry cranes serve more than 30 volumes, additional space was necessary to tion is the most modern and largest off- container lines. These facilities, already maintain our first class service level which dock Container Freight Station on the the largest on the Pacific Coast, will be ex- our customers have come to appreciate West Coast. panded to 730 acres and 30 cranes by 1989. and expect. One key facet to this development is the Some of the preparations in getting the Bridge Terminal Transport Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles's terminal ready before moving included the Recognizing the importance of the total newly created 150-acre Intermodal Con- raising of the two existing cranes and a transportation concept, particularly in the tainer Transfer Facility (ICTF) - an off- complete over-haul to ensure their smooth rapidly growing Southern California dock railroad yard where containers are operation. In addition, a third new Paceco market, Moller Steamship established a transferred between trucks and trains. crane was constructed and came on-line in trucking subsidiary here in mid-1984. This $ 70 million facility is equipped with January. This has given us a minimum of Bridge Terminal Transport today operates the latest computer technology and is able three cranes at our disposal, all of which from three west coast locations: Tacoma, to handle 230 containers per hour through are rated at 40 long tons. Oakland, and Long Beach. With an office its 16-gate processing system. Located less One of the biggest changes necessary was staff of 15, along with 135 truck drivers, than four miles from our port facilities, the the conversion of the 53-acre yard from a they provide transportation services to all ICTF will cut drayage distances while pro- previously grounded operation to a fully west coast Maersk Line Agencies, as well viding fast and efficient transfer service to wheeled operation with a 1,700 container as to other ocean carriers and major im- shippers. yard slot capacity. Construction has also porters and exporters along the Pacific In conjunction with the growth of the Paci- been completed on a new Maintenance Rim. fic Rim and the greater Los Angeles area, and Repair building, along with the addi- Maersk Line has also expanded in South- tion of approximately 225 reefer plugs, The Future ern California. which are necessary to service our growing As opportunities along the Pacific Rim reefer trade in this agriculturally rich state. continue to expand, Maersk Line Los An- Los Angeles Office Relocates Other particulars of the terminal include geles will continue to be at the forefront of Maersk Line Agency, Los Angeles, began the 1,200 foot wharf and a much improved handling increasing cargo volumes while operations at our new location in the Arco covered gate complex containing four de- offering the first class service level that is Towers, Long Beach, on June 16,1986. livery lanes and five receiving lanes with the trademark of the A.P. Moller group. The Long Beach site was chosen after con- new scales installed in three of the lanes. sidering both present and future require- Another major improvement is the three- ments within an area compatible to the level, 6,300 sq. ft. office building which we transportation industry. Located 25 miles share with our stevedores who handle our south of Los Angeles, Long Beach is ra- two vessel calls per week and day-to-day pidly becoming a center for international operations. business. The construction of a new World The dedication ceremonies of our new Trade Center, as well as the growth in the container terminal were held on January

29 «sä The entrance to the office.

The office block in the centre of Shanghai houses the new Maersk Line office.

On September 4, 1984, in Guangzhou (Canton), Maersk Line (Hong Kong) Ltd. opened its first representative office in the People's Republic of China. And on De- cember 2, 1986, a new Maersk Line office was inaugurated in Shanghai on the East coast of China at the mouth of the river Yang-tze-kiang. Shanghai is the largest city in China and one of the principal commercial centres of East Asia. It has more than 11 million in- habitants, it has shipping companies, ship- yards, and a wide variety of industries: iron and steel, cement, paper, textiles, chemicals and electronics, as well as large oil refineries. This all makes it an im- portant gate for trading with China. The new Maersk Line office had licence no. 0001 from the Ministry of Communi- cation in Beijing, because it is the first offi- ce opened by a foreign shipping company in the People's Republic. It is located in a new purpose-built office block in the centre of town. Today, the staff numbers four, and the office is managed by Mr. Jacob Øhrstrøm.

Three of the office staff. 29 New terminal office in Japan

BY M. KONISHI, TOKYO

Ohi Terminal Office Building. In Mærsk Post no. 1/1987, we mentioned the opening, last September, of Maersk Line's new terminal office at Ohi Terminal 3. The office is the first terminal under di- rect management in Japan. The unique five-storey building offers 120 employees 3,517 square metres of working space - a very high ratio by Japanese stan- dards! The fourth floor is occupied by the Ohi Terminal Division, which supervises ter- minal operations, controls containers, and handles agency matters for Maersk vessels on the USA and Europe lines. On the third floor, the efficient office lay- out of the Export Documentation Center facilitates the monthly production of 5,000 bills of lading and 6,000 data inputs. The Information Systems Department, also on the third floor, has developed and now operates our IBM 4381. Last but not least on the list of tenants in the new building is our Operation Depart- ment which has moved there from our To- Export Documentation Center. kyo headquarters. With its panoramic view of the terminal and berth as well as its state-of-the-art de- sign, the new Ohi Terminal office is a wel- come addition to the Maersk family in Ja- pan. 29

Horizontal drilling in the North Sea

Existing oil reserves at the Dan Field for example are being tapped very slowly, so Dansk Undergrunds Consortium has in- troduced a new drilling technique. The oleaginous layers of lime in the subsoil are very dense and have few cracks, which means that the oil is difficult to extract. Therefore the DUC is working on me- thods to improve production, one such technique being horizontal drilling. On Friday, March 20, at the Dan Field, the jack-up rig "MÆRSK GUARDIAN" began drilling the world's' first horizontal well in limestone. Experience from this project will show if the technique is suit- able for specifically Danish conditions. If the experiment is successful the method may well prove useful in the long run, particularly for tapping finds of gas and oil in thin, compact layers. An ordinary production well is vertical or slightly deviated and stretches 2,000 to 3,000 metres into the subsoil down to the layers that hold the find. Traditionally, many separate wells have been drilled in order to drain large areas. The drilling techniques used for direc- tional drilling are so sophisticated today that the DUC is attempting to develop the techniques for drilling a horizontal well at the Dan Field. The experiment involves changing the direction of the well over a distance of several hundred metres so that eventually, at a depth of over 2,000 metres, the well will stretch horizontally up to 300 metres into the oleaginous layer. The process involves regular casing of the walls of the well with steel pipes. The well is not just the world's first hori- zontal well in limestone layers. It also re- Fractures in the limestone layer presents the first attempt to increase pro- are produced by directional ductivity by splitting the limestone layer in charges; through these frac- three or four places, so that the oil will tures the oil will flow into the flow more readily into the horizontal well. walls of the well. Experience shows that a horizontal well can produce much more oil than an ordi- nary production well, but the procedure is considerably more expensive. —

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InCom - the Mærsk Data information service BY MORTEN SKOV-CARLSEN, MÆRSK DATA

Fast and reliable information on matters of disestablishing links to the systems. That 0 The Ritzau news service conveys news business and finance is vitally important to would be far too complicated. electronically to InCom. Individual a modern company that needs to make So, Mærsk Data developed a concept users receive the news on screens - correct decisions using the best possible which gave users access to numerous types faster even than teleprinter strips - and basis. of different information, in a simple and they may narrow down and give pri- Stock market listings, foreign exchange efficient way - one all-inclusive line to orities to the types of news they wish to rates that are being constantly updated, re- Mærsk Data. Mærsk Data provided links receive. cent trade figures, and business news - to and maintenance of all technical con- 9 Stockbrokers' Information Service has they must all be freely available at one and nections to the sources of information; been developed in cooperation with a the same work station. This is the simple that was an important part of the concept. number of stockbrokers. InCom cus- principle of the information service which At this time, the service comprised the tomers can also receive offers on stocks Mærsk Data has developed under the stock market and foreign exchange ser- and bonds from dealers who quote their name of InCom. Users of InCom have di- vices of five high street banks, the time prices via this service. rect access to information on stocks and series data base of the Department of Sta- foreign currencies from the high street tistics, and access to analyses of the foreign # The sequential time data base of the De- banks, to the Ritzau news service, and to exchange market and the balance of trade. partment of Statistics provides access to current figures from the Department of On February 1, 1986, Mærsk Data began about 5,000 macro-economic sequential Statistics. And they don't need a com- marketing the InCom service outside the series of data which are, at any given prehensive selection of telephone modems A.P. Møller Group. At the same time we time, completely up-to-date. or other hardware on their desks. One link started work on the section of the service to Mærsk Data is enough, because Mærsk which focussed on our suppliers of infor- According to plan InCom will attempt, in Data has established all the necessary mation: it was important that a steadily 1987, to offer services to its customers via technical connections to the suppliers of growing number of different types of infor- an international data communications net- news and information. mation should be made accessible to In- work. We shall also work to provide access The services which InCom offers are rele- Com subscribers. to more national and international data vant particularly to the finance and infor- The mass of information available has bases and stocks and to improve the facili- mation departments of major companies. since expanded considerably, essentially ties for transactions involving the payment But InCom is linking up with an evergrow- because new suppliers of information have of money. ing number of Danish and international been introduced; but existing suppliers Today about 70 customers, for example data bases, so our services are becoming have also extended their services. stockbrokers, insurance companies, pen- useful in a much wider sense as support Today, the InCom information service sion funds, and companies in private in- services for many decision makers. comprises four main elements: dustry, are linked to the InCom service. They subscribe to all the information sup- InCom was started in 1985, because the Fi- 9 The Information Service of the banks pliers - or just to some of them, according nance Department at the A.P. Møller has a section on stocks and bonds, one to their needs. Company needed clear and easy access to, on foreign currencies, and one on news. The InCom information service is a good for example, the stock market and foreign Most of the banks in the system offer example of one of Mærsk Data's primary exchange services of the high street banks. foreign stocks and bonds services, con- tasks: starting projects on information But the Department did not want a large tinuous updating of foreign exchange technology which will make it possible to collection of computer equipment and rates, historic data, and currency analy- make optimum use of all resources - inter- various procedures for establishing and ses. nally as well as externally.

17 Multi-purpose plastic jars.

New Rosti activities

BY MARIANNE MALTOW, ROSTI

Rosti A/S is probably best known for its Kunststoffwerk Draak GmbH, in Hamburg. modern-design, high-quality kitchen uten- sils made of plastic. For the past few years, the company has been expanding its activi- the activities of "Tømming Plast" in Her- ties in plastic packing, and today The Rosti følge, the company established itself firmly Group numbers ten factories. as a producer of plastic bottles. Tømming In June 1985, Rosti bought "Borup Plast Plast is best known for its production of A/S" which produces plastic jars, just as high-quality plastic bottles with multi- Rosti does. In Borup, Zeeland, Rosti can colour prints. therefore continue to expand, now that the In May 1986, Rosti bought "Thermopack existing production and storage facilities in A/S" in Billund. The factory manufactures Ballerup are being used to capacity. products of foam plastic (styropor) for Rosti's desire to start production of plastic packing purposes in the gardening, fishing, jars/bottles elsewhere in Europe was real- and manufacturing industries. Production ized in June 1986, when Rosti bought is fully automatic and is being expanded. "Kunststoffwerk Draak GmbH" in Ham- In early 1987 the "Nordpak" factory in burg. The company is a market leader in Brønderslev was bought, thus doubling the West Germany; it employs about 100 output of foam plastic products; Nordpak people and has a turnover of nearly 100 specializes in foam plastic packing ma- million Dkr. Kunststoffwerk Draak is terials for the fishing industry in North Jut- noted particularly for its production of jars land. approved for storing and transporting liquid chemicals. Plastic bottles with multicolour prints from At the end of 1986, when Rosti took over Tømming Plast in Herfølge. 29 Thermopack AIS in Billund.

Nordpak in Brønderslev.

Packing products from Nordpak. Rounding up...

OY-MMM: New Boeing for Maersk Air

On Tuesday, April 7, the day the pilots with pictures giving after her delivery from the all relevant information. Boeing factories in Seattle, The plane also has Wind Shear Maersk Air's latest plane, a Detectors. They warn the pilots Boeing 737-300, arrived in Co- of sudden changes of wind in Call no. 5,000 at Dammam penhagen. She seats 146 pass- the direction of landing, and engers and was given OY- they automatically inform the The container vessel presented Captain Svend MMM as her designation in the pilots of action that is necess- "CHARLOTTE MÆRSK" G. Kiersgaard of the Danish register of aeroplanes. ary to avoid unpleasant wind was scheduled to call at Dam- "CHARLOTTE MÆRSK" The Maersk Air fleet already conditions. mam Container Terminal with a plaque and expressed comprises two planes of the Maersk Air is continually in- (DCT), Saudi Arabia, on their pleasure in working with same type and in June, yet an- vesting in advanced, comfort- March 24. A few days earlier, so reliable a customer as other one will be added. able, and environmentally safe the Terminal informed the Maersk Line. The new plane has an EFIS planes. In this way, we meet Maersk Unit in Dammam that We returned the compliment, (Electronic Flight Instrument customers' demands for the the vessel would make call no. stating our satisfaction with the System) cockpit, which means, best and most up-to-date 5,000 at DCT since its official Terminal, its efficiency and co- basically, that conventional equipment and today we oper- opening on March 1,1979. operativeness. We also promis- cockpit instruments have been ate one of the world's youngest The Master of the vessel, ed that we would aim at sup- replaced by screens that look fleets. Maersk Line's Owner's Repre- plying DCT call. no. 10,000 as like television sets and provide Marita Petersen, Maersk Air sentatives, staff from Yusuf well. Bin Ahmed Kanoo, and repre- The picture shows, left to right, sentatives of the Port of Mr René Seidel, Mr Mohd Dammam were invited to a Riaz Chata, Mr B.J. Shilling- Maersk Line girls luncheon reception hosted by law, Captain Svend G. Kiers- DCT in their offices at the gaard with the plaque, Mr Joop won in Bangkok Port. De Beer, Mr Ali Abdul Aziz In commemoration of the Kanoo, and Mr Bill Duggan Jr. event the DCT Management René Seidel, Dammam

Aalborg-a new MAERSK TRAVEL office uary 7. Soon after, on March 4, Maersk Travel celebrated the opening of yet another new of- fice, in Aalborg, North Jut- land. The address of the new office is On Saturday and Sunday, final, but after extra time they Jernbanegade 10. It is the fifth March 7 and 8, the Mariners' had to concede the match to Maersk Travel IATA agency in Club of Bangkok arranged a Borneo Agencies, Ltd., who Denmark, and it has a staff of five-a-side soccer tournament went on to win their division. four. Maersk Travel is now for the shipping agencies in The picture shows the girls' represented in Denmark's five Bangkok. After two days of team from the Maersk Line largest cities: Copenhagen, games, the girls from the Bangkok Branch: Ms Siriporn Odense, Aarhus, Esbjerg, and Maersk Line Bangkok Branch Su-Anchalee, Ms Alisa Nadha- Aalborg. emerged as winners of the siri, Ms Sirinthip Hetrakul, Ms Maersk Travel also operates women's division. In their final Chuchit Kogdejadisak, Ms Su- The last issue of Mærsk Post agencies abroad, in Hong match, they defeated the East wanna Leehalamlert og Ms Si- included a report on a new Kong, Singapore, London, and Asiatic Company, Ltd., by 2-0. riporn Siriyongwattana. Maersk Travel office which Aberdeen. The Maersk men's team did Pornchai Vimolratana, was opened in Esbjerg on Jan- Marita Petersen, Maersk Air well and reached the semi- Bangkok 29 "Spudding-in" ceremony on "MÆRSK VENTURER"

it DUKE OF ANGLIA" Brother Phra Kru Patanaram (centre) is performing the ceremony on the cat walk. To his right are the Minister of Industry, Mr Pramaul Sabhavasu, Kent Line, Ltd., a wholly-own- ferry "HERALD OF FREE the President of the Shell Company, Ltd., Mr M.A. van den Bergh, the ed subsidiary of the Maersk ENTERPRISE" capsized just Managing Director of the Thai Shell Exploration and Production Company, London, took de- outside Zeebrugge harbour. Company, Ltd., Mr], Brooks, and the General Manager of the Maersk livery of the 88-trailer ro-ro For most of the night the Chief Line Bangkok Branch, Mr J. T. Schmidt. To the left of Brother Phra is the vessel "DUKE OF ANGLIA" Officer of the "DUKE OF Director General of the Department of Mineral Resources, Mr Sivavong in December. She operates as ANGLIA", Malcolm Shakes- Changkasiri. one of two vessels on the Kent by, acted as co-ordinating offi- Line Chatham-Zeebrugge ser- cer on board the casualty, di- On Wednesday, March 4, vice. recting and assisting rescue 1987, the Thai Shell Explora- On March 6, she was one of the operations. tion and Production Company, first ships at the scene of the Ann Thornton, London Ltd., hosted a spudding-in ce- accident when the passenger remony on board the Maersk Drilling unit "MÆRSK VENTURER". To spud-in means to begin MÆRSK Sports Club drilling a new well in the sea in Esbjerg bed using a large-diameter drill bit. The ceremony comprises a Buddhist blessing for good luck which is performed in all walks of life, before any new house, factory, office, or even ma- chine is taken into use. The ce- remonies ensure the god's Phra Kru Patanaram is blessing the blessing and good fortune and drill pipe. are considered essential for the success of any project in Thai- were invited on board the rig land. Consequently, Shell gave for the spudding-in ceremony. very high priority to the cere- Visitors included the Minister The Club has seen positive de- Companies Sports Club: the mony before starting their ex- of Industry, Mr Pramaul Sab- velopments since its start in Christmas Meeting, the City ploration work in the Gulf of havasu, the Director General 1984. Our regular training Championships, and the Prize Siam. of the Department of Mineral sessions are well attended, and Tournament. Thai Shell was granted the off- Resources, Mr Sivavong our sports meetings attract On Sunday, March 1, the shore concession in February Changkasiri, together with the ever more participants. And MÆRSK Sports Club, Es- 1985 when they started prepar- Governors of the local prov- we have achieved good results. bjerg, hosted a meeting at the ing for the actual drilling by inces of Chomphon and Surat We are taking home an in- premises of the Esbjerg Com- shooting over 6,000 kilometres Thani, the latter being the creasing number of cups, for panies Sports Club. The of seismic lines. The "MÆRSK head of the helicopter base. which a much needed cup- MÆRSK "sisters" and "half- VENTURER" was contracted The local Air Force and Mar- board was recently installed. sisters" in Esbjerg had been in- in December 1986 and station- ine Police Commanders were One picture shows the Presi- vited: Maersk Air, Maersk ed at Thai Shell's first offshore present as well as the President dent of the Club, Niels Thøger- Drilling, Maersk Travel, Brit- well "Nang Nuan"; the name of the Thai Shell Company, sen (right) and his Deputy, line, and Svitzer. A large num- means seagull. The well is sit- Ltd., Mr M.A. van den Bergh, Gert Madsen in front of the ber of athletes broke lances in uated off the coast of Chom- and the Managing Director of cupboard, which is already badminton, table tennis, bil- phon province, and the drilling the Thai Shell Exploration and quite full. The other picture liards, and darts, and the unit commenced operation at Production company, Ltd., Mr shows the Mix team, winners MÆRSK Sports Club is plan- midnight between January 22 J. Brooks, and representatives this season of no less than three ning a similar meeting for next and 23. of the press. major indoor soccer tourna- year. A number of senior officials J. T. Schmidt, Bangkok ments arranged by the Esbjerg Gert L. Madsen, Esbjerg 29 Personalia

ESPLANADEN THE FLEET

salts 9. Chief Engineer Uve Langschwager 17 October 10. Captain Lars Boye •y^f r 21 October L 11. Captain Hans Kristensen ill HHk Mil 22 October 12. Chief Officer Leif Hove 25 October 13. Chief Officer Johan Joensen 26 October 14. Superintendent Electrician Ole B. Arnoldi 30 October

Æ Retiring 15. Captain H.C. Grau 40 Years Anniversary 1 November 16. Captain Knud Rasmussen 1. Poul Rasmussen 1 November 1 September 2. Jørgen Brandt Jørgensen 30 September MÆRSK OLIE OG GAS 25 Years Anniversary 3. Knud Rasmussen 1 August 4. Poul F. Skovsege 23 October 5. Jørgen 0. Foged 3,11 24 October ém %

MAERSK DRILLING 25 Years Anniversary 1. John K. Andersen 29 April 2. Niels Estrup 1 November

MÆRSK DATA

25 Years Anniversary 1. Hartmann Kunze 16 29 August 25 Years Anniversary 1. Chief Officer H.C. Lindhardt 7 August 2. Repair Engineer J. Niebuhr Jensen 12 August 3. Chief Steward Jan Christensen 25 Years Anniversary 12 September 1. Carl Otto Füchsel 4. Chief Steward Steen F. Thomsen 1 August 15 September 2. Kurt Poulsen 5. Chief Steward Sig. B. Lauridsen 1 September 20 September 6. Radio Officer Mogens Dahl 21 September 7. 2nd Engineer Per Jensen 25 September 8. 1st Engineer P. Dybdahl Pedersen 28 September 29 THE YARD ROULUND

5. Preben Christensen 14 August 6. Aksel Tolstrup 14 August 7. Mustafa Emecen 14 August I. s * 8. Ib Bøg Pedersen 1 2 15 August 9. Niels B.S. Kjærgaard 25 Years Anniversary 21 August 1. Knud Erik Hansen 10. Anders Peter Lund 20 September 28 August 2. Kristian Vittrup 11. T. Mattison 5 November 1 September 3. Leif P. Rasmussen 12. Kjeld Åge Majbom Madsen 13 November 4 September 13. Leon Iversen 1 October 14. Otto Bent Johansen Obituary 2 October The A.P. Møller Companies regret 15. Carl Å.H. Nielsen having to announce the following 9 October deaths: 16. Heinz-Adolf Krappenhøft 23 October Preben Larsen 17. Ejvind G.H. Rasmussen The Yard 23 October 15 February 18. Jørgen C. Buch 1 November Mogens Poulsen 19. Bodil R. Jacobsen The Yard 19 November 20 February 20. Elmer Petersen 27 November Bierque Gwendoline 21. J.Å. Nielsen Antwerp 30 November 20 April 22. Ivan Eskildsen 30 November B.E. Sargeant The Maersk Company Ltd., London Retiring 22 April 23. Poul E. Nielsen 30 November Poul Andersen Esplanaden 7 May DISA

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40 Years Anniversary 1. Aksel W.F.Andersen 4 November 40 Years Anniversary 25 Years Anniversary 1. John O. Johnsen (Herlev) 1 July 2. Poul N.H. Fischer 7 August 25 Years Anniversary 3. Herluf Kjær Christensen 2. Roald Weber Hansen (Slangerup) 7 August 12 October 4. Alex Martin Henriksen 7 August MÆRSK

The product carrier "HERTA MÆRSK" unloading gas oil for the Marmorilik mine in Disko Bay, . Photo: Jens-Christian Kehlet Schou