MÆRSK President for Three Years

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At the annual general meeting of the Danish Shipowners' Association on May 25, Mr. Ib Kruse was elected President after having served as Vice- MÆRSK President for three years. It is an important and demanding task that Mr. Kruse has undertaken in addition to his other areas of responsibility and POST activity. I am convinced that as President of the Danish Shipowners' As- sociation he will make a fine and competent contribution to Danish shipping. We wish him luck.

At the Association's annual general meeting, Mr. Kruse said that as a Published by A.P. Møller, Copenhagen consequence of the increase in tonnage following the introduction of the Editor: Einar Siberg Danish International Shipping Register a lack of well qualified officers is Printers: Scanprint, Jyllands-Posten A/S, likely to develop. The number of apprentices has fallen during recent Viby J years. The Society for the Promotion of Danish Shipping, and the Danish Ship Adoption Society together with the Danish Shipowners' Association Local correspondents: and the Danish Maritime Authority have taken an initiative to counter this development. More than 2,000 schools have received information on HONG KONG: Evelyn Chun job possibilities in the shipping industry intended for the young in the 9th INDONESIA: Ken ßioch Sørensen grade who are about to choose their future career. And this is combined JAPAN: Lars Bredo Rahbek with an offer to 120 youths of a week's practical maritime training during NIGERIA: Lucie Thompson the coming summer holidays. PHILIPPINES: Lydia B. Cervantes SINGAPORE: David Tan At the seamen's schools in Fanø and Kogtved these 120 trainees will be THAILAND: Pornchai Vimolratana acquainted with navigation, seamanship, basic engineering, boat hand- UNITED KINGDOM: Robert Kenward ling, maritime rescue and fire service - skills which they will then get a U.S. EAST COAST: Robert F. Osborne chance to try in practice on board the Danish Maritime Authority's train- U.S. WEST COAST: Jennifer Caro ing ship "HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN". U.S. GULF: Gregory Bakalich

This is a good initiative which will hopefully make many young people DISA: B. Trier-Hansen seek a maritime vocation so that Danish shipping with competent and re- MAERSK AIR: Marita Petersen sponsible officers may continue to assert itself under the Danish flag in in- MÆRSK DATA: Kim Kruse Andersen ternational competition and earn foreign exchange for Denmark. THE YARD: Jørgen Petersen PAPYRO-TEX: Helge Madsen Apart from the foregoing A.P. Møller each year offers 100 young appren- PHARMA-PLAST: Jørgen Winther tices an education which after five years of theoretical and practical train- Rasmussen ing is completed with an exam as deck officer or engineer. This means ROSTI: Marianne Maltow that we are constantly training more than 550 apprentices in the Com- ROULUNDS: Elsebeth Bastholm pany. That is a considerable effort and it is our hope that we may continue it and thus continue to provide many young people a future at sea. There are many examples of this valuable maritime training eventually leading to responsible positions ashore. Mr. T. Dilling and Mr. Bent E. Hansen thus started their careers as apprentices. Mr. Dilling closed his career as a very capable and respected Managing Director of Odense Steel Shipyard and Mr. Bent E. Hansen is today Executive Vice-President in A.P. Møller responsible for the Technical Organization. And many chief engineers who started in the company as youngsters have ended up in important positions ashore, in the Company or in the associated undertaking.

MÆRSK MC-KINNEY MØLLER

Volume 28, No. 2 June 1989 Reproduction permitted with acknowledgement of source. During her stay in Århus, the "METTE MÆRSK" was visited by 23.079 people. A new ship: the "METTE MÆRSK"

On Saturday April 15, the fourth in a same width. The vessels can carry 500 re- series of 12 advanced container ships was mm frigerated containers, and the holds and named at the Odense Steel Shipyard. The hatches are equipped to accommodate new vessel was christened the "METTE the new 45-foot highcube containers. All MÆRSK" by her sponsor, Mrs Lim, wife in all, the container capacity is equivalent of Mr Lim Kim San, Chairman of the to around 3,900 20-foot containers with Port of Singapore Authority. Mr Lim four tiers of containers on the hatches. Kim San, a recipient of some of his Both vessels have single screws and are country's highest honours, has served in equipped with the world's largest diesel several ministerial posts and was stand-in engine with one axle - a Mitsui-MAN recently for President Wee Kim Wee dur- B&W type K90MC with ten cylinders ing the President's illness. which can generate around 54,000 BHP, Just as the very first ship in the series, the providing a speed of approximately 44 "MARCHEN MÆRSK", described earl- kilometres per hour. ier in Mærsk Post nr. 2/1988, the Taking part in the christening at the Odense After a successful trial run in Skagerrak, "METTE MÆRSK" was contracted by Steel Shipyard are the sponsor, Mrs Lim the "METTE MÆRSK" left for Århus for the A.P. Møller Company through DMK. (centre), together with her husband, Mr Lim some finishing touches, and on Wednes- These ships are the largest and technically Kim San, and her daughter. Mrs Beng Siu day April 26 at 10 a.m. the vessel was most advanced to date in the Company's Tin. taken over by the Company. Instead fleet of container ships. They are 294.13 of sailing immediately, though, the metres long, 32.22 metres wide with a "METTE MÆRSK" remained in Århus depth of 21.50 metres, have a maximum In the cargo holds below deck, there is to allow people in Jutland the oppor- draught of 13.50 metres and a dead- room for 8 tiers and 11 rows of containers tunity to come on board and inspect the weight of approximately 61,000 tons. - one more than in other vessels of the ship. c> 3 There was an official "open house" on the Britta and their two children Michael, 5, guests on board ship while she lay in ship from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. on and Mirech, 2, were presented with Århus 23,079. Thursday May 4 (Ascension Day) and flowers, champagne, chocolate and Lego For the convenience of the guests, a Saturday May 6. Thursday provided trucks before going onboard. By the end special route through the ship was beautiful summer weather for the oc- of the visiting day at 6.00 p.m., 10,247 marked off. Throughout the day there casion and 9,292 people came aboard. people had been on board and, during the were between 1,000 and 1,200 people on Even though Saturday turned out to the two days of "open house", 19,539 people board simultaneously, so it was quite grey and windy, there were so many who in all had come to visit the "METTE crowded in the corridors, on the stair- braved the weather that by 9.30 a.m. Cap- MÆRSK". Besides these, 3,540 guests ways and, not least of all, on the bridge it- tain Leif Robenhagen Jensen could greet had been specially invited by the A.P. self, where advanced equipment greatly guest number 10,000 on board. This Møller Company and affiliated com- interested children as well as adults. Des- turned out to be Mr Ebbe Nørkjær from panies to attend specially-planned ar- pite the crowds, however, things went Studstrup who, together with his wife rangements, making the total number of smoothly because both officers and aspir-

,4s clearly shown here, it was quite crowded on board.

To facilitate the visitors' coming and going, a large tower with two stairways was set up. ants posted along the route were prepared The more than 400-metre long queue of to offer information about the ship and children and adults waiting to come on board her equipment as well as to answer the the "METTE MÆRSK". many questions asked. Even though there was a great crush at Guest number 10,000, Ebbe Nørkjær, together times, the visitors showed great patience. with his wife Britta and their two children Everyone took whatever waiting there Michael, 5, and Mirech. 2, being welcomed was with good humour and, even for on board by Captain Leif Robenhagen those who had to queue up for up to two Jensen. The children were obviously a bit hours to come on board, there were no confused by all the attention. displeased expressions - only smiles. At 8 a.m. on Monday May 8, the "METTE MÆRSK" departed,' heading for the Suez Canal and on to Singapore where the A.P. Møller Shipping Com- pany is the largest single operator, with no less than twelve port calls every week. From here, the "METTE MÆRSK" will become part of Maersk Line's compre- hensive liner network. Captain Leif Ro- benhagen Jensen is Master, Mogens Krog Larsen Chief Engineer, John Criddle Chief Officer and Poul Erik Würtz An- dersen Steward/Cook.

On the bridge, both children and adults showed a great deal of interest in the very advanced equipment.

Even though many people had to queue up for more than two hours, they showed great patience and took it all with good humour.

,.- ....» The A.P. Møller Shipping Company's new A new supertanker: the supertanker, the "NICOLINE MÆRSK", passing Singapore on her way from the "NICOLINE MÆRSK" Arabian/Persian Gulf to Chiba in Japan.

On Friday December 16, 1988, the first built, the "REGINA MÆRSK", which measure, the ballast tanks are completely of four VLCC's (Very Large Crude Car- had a deadweight of 285,000 tons and a segregated; thus, ballast is not carried in riers) commissioned by the A.P. Møller, length of 347,5 metres o.a., making it the cargo tanks. There are three turbine- Shipping Company and built at the Denmark's largest vessel at that time. In driven cargo pumps, each with a capacity Hyundai Shipyard in Ulsan, South all, seven vessels in the so-called R-type of 5,000 cubic metres per hour, and two Korea, was christened. The new category were built at the Lindø Shipyard ballast pumps, both with a capacity of supertanker was named the "NICOLINE in Odense, with the last being delivered 1,800 cubic metres per hour. MÆRSK" and her sponsor is Mrs Grethe in November 1973. The main engine is a Hyundai-B&W two- Sørensen, wife of Managing Director The last of the R-type ships was sold in stroke diesel motor type 6S80MC which Knud Sørensen of Den Danske Bank. 1985, but the "NICOLINE MÆRSK", provides 24,280 BHP, allowing a speed of Eighteen years ago, the A.P. Møller Ship- together with the three sister ships which 13.5 knots laden and 14.5 knots in bal- ping Company had its very first VLCC are to follow, will reinstate the VLCC's as last. the next largest vessels in the Mærsk Her class: Lloyd's register of shipping fleet. + 100 Al "Oil Tanker" +LMC, UMS, IGS, The new tanker is 322.07 metres long SPM with the descriptive notation o.a., 56 metres wide, and has a depth of "pt.h.t." COW, SBT, PL. 29.50 metres with a draught of 19.82 The "NICOLINE MÆRSK", with metres. She has a deadweight of around Dragør as her home port, was delivered 255,000 tons and a cargo capacity of on January 31. Her maiden voyage went 302,115 cubic metres at 98% full load - from Ras Tanura in Saudi Arabia and the equivalent of 1,900,232 US barrels. Mina Al Ahmadi in Kuwait, where she There are fourteen cargo tanks divided loaded a cargo of crude oil, to Chiba in up into six centre tanks, four rows of two Japan. She was commanded by Captain wing tanks, as well as ten ballast tanks. Poul Valdemar Jæger Haase, with Einar The cargo tanks are coated, bottom and Clausen as Chief Engineer and Lars top, with coaltar epoxy and the vessel is Villiam Rasmussen as Chief Officer. capable of transporting three different Her sponsor, Mrs Grethe Sørensen, preparing cargoes, completely separate, at the same to cut the ribbon which will release the bottle time. The ballast tanks are fully coated of champagne. with coaltar epoxy and, as an ecological 1337 New agreement on deliveries of natural gas

On Wednesday May 17, Dansk Naturgas succeed in selling a certain quantity of The Principles of the Agreement A/S and Dansk Undergrunds Consort- natural gas to the Danish power plants The Agreement contains a number of ium, DUC, a venture between A.P. and to the Swedish market. principles which collectively provide Møller and subsidiaries of Shell and DUC with the necessary basis for its new Texaco, signed an Agreement in Principle New Investments investments and give Dansk Naturgas the on the sale of additional quantities of up An element of the Agreement is that the opportunity to expand the market shares to 38 billion cubic metres of natural gas. parties must ensure a high degree of se- of natural gas in Denmark and in the ex- Deliveries of the natural gas will com- curity of supply. DUC's oil and gas pro- port markets. mence on October 1, 1989 and will be duction must be planned accordingly. As - DUC has the right to deliver up to 4.7 concluded in the year 2011. regards Dansk Naturgas it will be necess- billion cubic metres of natural gas per DUC and Dansk Naturgas already hold a ary to establish further storage capacity in year, but Dansk Naturgas has however contract for the delivery of a total of 55 Denmark, in addition to the present the possibility of receiving natural gas billion cubic metres of natural gas up to approx. 300 million cubic metres of from a third party as payment for e.g. the the year 2008. The total quantity of storage capacity in Lille Torup, in step sale of storage capacity or as payment for natural gas from DUC to the Danish mar- with the development of the natural gas the transportation of third party gas in ket and for export to Sweden and West markets in Denmark and Sweden. On the Danish transmission system. Germany thus comprises up to 93 billion completion of technical investigations at - The new Agreement provides DUC cubic metres. the end of 1989, it will be considered with the basis for a practical and efficient The new gas quantities will be delivered whether this expansion may be achieved planning of the production from its from the Tyra, Dan, Gorm and Roar by establishing a further storage facility North Sea fields. Fields as well as from the coming natural near Stenlille. The size and rate of expan- - Up to 1.1 billion cubic metres of gas field, the Harald Field. Furthermore, sion will i.a. depend on the possibilities natural gas may annually be delivered to the deliveries include natural gas from of selling storage capacity to the Swedish large power plants and co-generation DUC's other fields, of which Kraka and market. The Stenlille facility will cost plants at a price and on price adjustment Valdemar are being developed. around DKK 1.5 billion, including DKK terms which provide Dansk Naturgas The Harald Field is expected to be put 200 million for project design and pre- with the possibility of selling the gas at a on-stream in the mid-1990s. liminary surveys already defrayed, in ad- price which follows the development in The value of the 38 billion cubic metres dition to payment of the gas to fill the coal prices and inflation, and otherwise of natural gas may be estimated at be- storage facility. on terms equivalent to the prices at which tween DKK 20 and 30 billion. The Agree- Increased sales to Denmark and Sweden power plants in North-Western Europe ment is subject to approval by the Boards will require an expansion of Dansk can purchase natural gas. of Directors of all the parties, as well as Naturgas' gas treatment plant at Nybro of - The price provisions in the 1979 Agree- by the Danish Minister of Energy. The approx. DKK 200 million, as well as ments remain unchanged although the Agreement will come into force on Oc- DKK 400-800 million for new pipelines right to increase the quantity lapses. The tober 1, 1989. to i.a. large power plants and co- right to such increase was DUC's right to generation plants. deliver an additional quantity of seven- Flexibility DUC expects to invest around DKK five eight billion cubic metres to Dansk According to the 1989 Agreements, billion in the development of the Harald Naturgas at the prices of the 1979 Agree- Dansk Naturgas is to take an annual Field and DKK 400-600 million in ments. quantity of 2.5 billion cubic metres of Dansk Naturgas' new gas pipeline from - The new Agreement provides both par- natural gas from DUC. According to the the Harald Field to the Tyra Field, from ties with the possibility of renegotiating new Agreement deliveries from DUC will where the gas is transported ashore the price of the new gas quantities. cover Dansk Naturgas' annual require- through the existing pipeline. In addition - According to the new Agreement, DUC ment for purchase of up to 4.7 billion to this, investments will be made in is to supply natural gas from the Harald cubic metres of natural gas. Kraka, Valdemar, Dagmar and other Field at the European market price and During the next few years, while the gas small fields. an additional quantity of gas at a lower markets are expanding and until the need Furthermore the Agreement provides for price. The parties will consequently arises for DUC to put the Harald Field investment savings in the order of DKK achieve a satisfactory gas price for the on-stream, Dansk Naturgas will have in- 500 million for each of the parties. All 1979 Agreement and the new Agreement creased flexibility in respect of its com- DUC gas delivered from the North Sea taken as one. mitment to take. After the Harald Field has such a low sulphur content that In connection with the Agreements con- has been put on-stream, Dansk Naturgas Dansk Naturgas will save approx. DKK cerning security of supply, DUC will de- will have a flexibility equivalent to the 500 million on further plant development liver a certain quantity of natural gas general norm for contemporary gas con- in Nybro. Simultaneously, Dansk without separate charge, i.a. to fill Dansk tracts. Naturgas has agreed to receive the gas at a Naturgas' storage facilities. Finally, the parties have agreed to con- lower pressure, providing DUC with sider the provisions concerning annual savings of around DKK 500 million on a deliveries, if Dansk Naturgas does not new compressor plant in the North Sea. 1339 Kent Line By STEEN WITHEN NIELSEN, Kent Line

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Kent Line's customers are international shippers who offer a door-to-door service based on the principle: pick-up today, delivery tomorrow!

Terminal which lies almost 30 miles up the Thames from London. In June, another daily crossing was added and yet another in September, 1988. Thus, Kent Line today offers five daily crossings to Zeebrugge - two from Chatham and three Three ferry companies sail regularly be- Kent Line's customers are international from Dartford. tween the United Kingdom and the Con- shippers who offer a door-to-door service Crossing time between Dartford/ tinent under the seven-pointed Mærsk based on the principle: pick-up today, delivery Chatham and Zeebrugge is eight hours, star: Norfolk Line and Britline, both of tomorrow! with each vessel making one crossing and which have been mentioned in Mærsk back per day with a four-hour stay in each Post, and Kent Line - the largest of the port. three. Already in the following year it became Kent Line is purely a ferry service and, Kent Line, which today has its office in necessary to increase the daily crossing to unlike its sister company Norfolk Line Dartford and regional office in Chatham two. The need for a third daily crossing which delivers from door to door, Kent and Zeebrugge, started in 1984 with only arose in 1986, but because of the tide and Line delivers from dock to dock. Kent one daily crossing between the aban- the locks in Chatham it was impossible to Line's customers are international ship- doned naval base in Chatham, east of do. Instead it was decided to establish a pers who operate on a door-to-door trans- London, and Zeebrugge in Belgium, third daily crossing starting from the port basis, serving industry and shipping carrying mainly Norfolk Line trailers. newly-built Dartford International Ferry agents who demand a minimum trans- 1341 port time in accordance with the growing The "DUKE OF ANGLIA " in Dartford. "just-in-time" principle. Kent Line's customers service most of Europe, concen- S3 Zeebrugge | trating mainly on the United Kingdom, units, that would amount to around LONDON Belgium, Holland, West Germany and 300,000 20-foot containers. Northern France. Many of them sell their Besides trailers and other forms of mobile door-to-door service according to the transport, Kent Line takes on containers principle: pick-up today, delivery to- as well - 20-, 30- and 40-foot containers - Q Chatham | BELGIUM morrow! which are then placed on so-called roll- The vessels Kent Line deploys on the two trailers. In 1988, Kent Line transported Dartford | routes have a capacity of around 90 12- nearly 5,500 container units, mainly tank metre trailer units, which is comparable containers, but also flat-racks and ordi- to 180 20-foot containers per vessel. Even nary 20-foot and 40-foot containers. though they are small in comparison with If all goes well, the tunnel under the Maersk Line's container vessels, Kent Channel between England and France - Line is still responsible for moving con- the "Chunnel" - will be opened in 1993. siderable amounts. In 1988, nearly This, however, is not expected to have 150,000 12-metre units were transported any great influence on Kent Lines's vol- between the United Kingdom and the ume, which, at the moment, is steadily in- Continent. Converted into container creasing. 1343 From legend to archeological discovery By BIRTHE LAURITSEN . Photos: Steen Tronsgaard

The search for truth in a folk legend from private funds, and the A.P. Møller and Funen has begun. A wooden raft is being Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller's Foun- constructed at the moment to help in dation has provided an economic booster drilling down through the mud in Gudme for the project. Lake, which is located on Funen. These Museum keeper Ole Grøn, Rudkøbing, is drill samples will hopefully tell us a little responsible for the more technical exper- about cultural development before, dur- tise necessary to ascertain whether the ing and after the Iron Age. lake has been a so-called "natural shrine" Especially the period around 400 A.D. is - a place where sacrifices were made. of interest, since it was then that making Study of drill samples can help to deter- precious sacrifices was an important part mine geological conditions at the time, of the culture of the time, including, for and pollen samples help to ascertain example, the many golden objects already stages of development. found around Gudme Lake. These, of "We can establish - with great accuracy - course, include the famous golden when an area was inhabited and what sort drinking horns. of agricultural development there was," "We are used to sitting and waiting for says Ole Vang Petersen. important finds to be made - we can only Other useful aids are earth radars and dream of participating actively," says bomb detectors. In principle the earth museum keeper Peter Vang Petersen radars use the same technique as do seis- from the National Museum's division for Flemming Rieck is hoping to find ships which mic evaluations in the search for oil and prehistoric Denmark. have been sacrificed in Gudme Lake and gas: sound waves picked up as echos A project of this scope, as here with Nvdam Bog. paint a fairly accurate picture of the Gudme Lake, is very much dependent on underground.

10 Denmark's strategic geographical position, surrounded by waters of passage, greatly increases the possibility of making many important finds. Here we see some aquamaniles - religious jugs - found in Vigsø in Thy.

Metal mountings are also among the more interesting finds which both Nydam Bog and Gudme Lake have produced.

The Viking ships in Roskilde are a perfect There will also be further investigations example that actual events on which folk tales this year in the hope of finding another are based are often much older than the tales ship. themselves. Flemming Rieck is also convinced that there are ancient ships at the bottom of Gudme Lake, bearing in mind the recent Bomb detectors are based on the same discovery of Denmark's oldest known technique as the popular metal detectors harbour near Lundeborg in the south of All the golden objects discovered are in use today, which register a metal object Funen. It is being excavated under the regarded as national treasure and in the ground. Both can also be used to lo- auspices of Per Thomsen, Svendborg Mu- must be turned over to the National Museum cate metal objects from the distant past. seum. "The difficult part is being able to differ- "This was the gateway to Funen and, cesses in the 1600's, partly to clarify ship entiate between registerings from an old therefore, to Gudme Lake," claims Peter movements in Danish waters. bicycle and the gold which local folklore Vang Petersen. Registering in Greater Kerteminde in tells us is present," explains Peter Vang Besides Gudme Lake, whose secrets are 1988 started with one anchor. At the fin- Petersen. yet to be revealed, there are two bounte- ish, experts had learned of 60 anchors in According to these folk tales, the gold at ous sacrificial bogs on Funen. One is Vi 45 different positions. the bottom of Gudme Lake was lost while in the northwest part of the island. This A similar registration will be undertaken the population was fleeing over the ice had, unfortunately, been so ravaged by on Langeland in the spring and then in during the war with Sweden in the peat cutting when the first excavations the rest of the country. 1600's. were begun in the last century that it is To gain more knowledge of the subject, "Legend, however, quite often proves to certain valuable treasures have been the experts are trying to promote better be a cover up for even older tales," says lost. co-operation with fishermen. Vang Petersen. In the southwestern part of Funen "It quite often happens that they fish up A perfect example is the Viking ships in Kragehuse Bog is located, where numer- not only ships' anchors, but also old can- Roskilde Fjord. According to legend, they ous finds have been made. They are - as nons and log boats, some of which are were part of a harbour blockade from the are the findings from around Gudme from 6000 to 7000 years old. Marine time of Margrethe I - actually 400 years Lake - from 400 A.D. archeology as such, however, is still in its later than in reality. Plans to drain Gudme Lake of mud gave infancy and an overall registration has in- "Of course, we have no way of being sure the impetus to start, and then the dream deed proved to be difficult," explains that gold is present in Gudme Lake, but of active participation was realised. Flemming Rieck. because of the gold findings made in the "We want to know more about what the Now a lectureship in marine archeology area around the lake, it seems very lake is hiding, before we say yes," ex- has been added to the normal university likely," states Vang Petersen. plains Peter Vang Petersen. curriculum at the University of Beside golden sacrificial objects, they are There had been hopes of completing the Copenhagen, and the Historical Ship hoping to find ships which have been first studies already this winter, but it was Laboratory is co-operating with the sacrified. This part of the project l's being necessary to await the results of the tech- Danish Sporting Divers' Union to make led by the Historical Ship Laboratory in nical investigations before the decision to use of the growing interest among divers Roskilde, with museum keeper start excavating could be taken. in investigating sunken shipwrecks. Flemming Rieck at the helm. "The earth radar works best through ice, "It is estimated that there are 30,000 "We know from other finds that large but since the winter fooled us, we have to sunken wrecks in the waters around numbers of ships and weapons - primar- use a wooden raft instead," says Vang Denmark - the majority of great interest. ily war booty - were sacrificed," says Petersen. So why not let these amateur divers be Flemming Rieck in reference to Nydam Museum experts are also trying to piece the museum's eyes underwater?" asks Bog in southern Jutland. Between 1859 history together in other ways. The His- Flemming Rieck. and 1863 three ships were discovered torical Ship Laboratory has started a pro- That way one can slowly but surely piece there, the largest of which, with its 23 ject to register all old ship anchors: partly together more and more of the puzzle metres, is Denmark's largest riveted ship. to learn more about iron forging pro- that is prehistoric Denmark.

11 News from DUC New oil field begins production in 1991

Dansk Undergrunds Consortium recently received the Minister of Energy's approval of the plan for the expansion of the Dagmar Field - the former East Rosa. This means that Mærsk Olie og Gas A/S can commence production at the field in the spring of 1991. The Dagmar Field is the first Danish oil field where the oil- associated gas contains hydrogen sul- phide, which is extremely poisonous. This, of course, complicates production procedures and increases cost. After many long discussions with the auth- orities about possible solutions, a plan has finally been agreed upon and ap- proved. To begin with, the Dagmar Field's expansion program will include an unmanned platform of simple design Rolf NiJ with two wells. The fields will be connec- Dagmarv CjGorm ted via a pipeline to a new platform at the Gorm Field - Gorm F - which is equipped with special treatment facilities, since oil containing hydrogen sul- phide cannot be led directly into the Gorm Field's treatment plant. The cost of the new expansion is expected to be around DKK 850 million. The exact rate of production is unknown at this time, / but is expected to be somewhere between 4,000 and 8,000 barrels a day. If the re- S sults of this project are satisfactory, then s4\ Producing Fields -1 further expansion might be feasible. } \ ) /l/j; Fields with Development Plan \ Finds and Structures

"V ' Concession Area Expansion of the Valdemar Field started

The arrival of the "MÆRSK nique is needed to produce cracks in this wells in all. An eight-inch pipeline 21 GUARDIAN" one of the world's largest compact, oil-rich layer: a technique kilometres in length will connect the field jack-up drilling rigs - at the Valdemar Mærsk Olie og Gas A/S has utilised at with Thyra East, where the production Field on April 2 marked the beginning of other fields with excellent results. This is will be treated and from where surveil- the expansion programme Dansk also the first time in the North Sea area lance of the Valdemar Field will be car- Undergrunds Consortium has planned that the attempt to extract oil has been ried out. for the field. The first phase of the project made under such complicated geological It is uncertain, at the moment, just how includes the drilling of two horizontal conditions. much oil the new field will produce, so wells for oil production. After the wells have been drilled, and if Mærsk Olie og Gas A/S has chosen grad- The oil in the Valdemar Field - the for- the production results prove to be posi- ual expansion. DUC's projected invest- mer Boje structure - is compressed into a tive, the plan is to drill two more wells ment is expected to be around DKK 1 very thin, compact layer. A combination and then install an unmanned platform of billion before the oil begins to flow. of horizontal wells and a special tech- simple construction with capacity for six

12 I Maersk Air: The Cologne/Bonn connection By MARITA PETERSEN, Maersk Air

Monday, April 3 saw the start of a new flight connection between Copenhagen and the Cologne/Bonn Airport, situated 18 kilometres from Cologne and 28 kilometres from Bonn. The planes flying the route are the new Fokker 50 planes with 48 seats divided into two classes - Star Class and tourist class. Before the new route was established, travellers to this area were forced to fly first of all to either Düsseldorf or Frankfurt and then continue by train to Cologne or Bonn. Cologne is quite well known for its sale fairs which are often frequented by Scandinavian businessmen. However, the area is also industrialised and consequently of special interest to the Scandinavian business community, an interest which is further enhanced by the approaching EEC Open Market. In addition Bonn, as a political centre with its ministries and administrative depart- ments, is naturally of great importance to government officials and emissaries from Scandinavia. The Cologne/Bonn route is divided up between Maersk Air and Lufthansa in such a way that Lufthansa has one morning departure Monday to Friday, while Before taking off from Copenhagen. Maersk Air has an evening departure every day except Saturday. This makes it possible to fly there and back the same day, thus making a stopover unnecessary. Maersk Air expects this to be an added at- traction which many businessmen will take advantage of. Flight permission was granted to Maersk Air in the summer of 1988 in connection with the liberalisation of Danish avi- ation, and this new route is part of Maersk Air's expansion plan for air service in general. These future plans also in- The level of noise in the spacious cabin is at clude establishing connections between a minimum, and even the most long-legged Billund/Tirstrup-Stockholm and passenger will find ample room. Copenhagen-Basel, for which permission Arrival at Cologne/Bonn Airport. was also granted in 1988.

13 Maersk in the UK - moving ahead

By ROBERT KENWARD, London

Westminster Tower.

Felixstowe office and port.

As many readers will already be aware, at Felixstowe with the establishment of a Shipping Division includes the commer- the Maersk Company Limited has been new computer base at Orwell House. cial and technical operation of the literally on the move in recent weeks, The new EDP Centre, providing a group company's 52-strong fleet of owned, with a sequence of strategic office re- facility to all the main divisions in the managed and chartered-in vessels. The lations. The first of these came on Febru- UK, will ensure that the Maersk Com- fleet consists of tankers, gas carriers, off- ary 27, when Maersk Line's Office staff pany stays at the forefront of the new shore support and fire-fighting vessels, moved from their London premises ad- technology in this area. Ro/Ro ferries and one drilling rig. The jacent to Black Swan House, to join the The Maersk Company's Head Office and major offshore business, involving re- seventy-two Maersk Line staff already Shipping Division remain in London, but sponsibility for chartering of the offshore based at Orwell House, Felixstowe. The at new locations. Group Management, fleet and drilling rig, will continue to op- move of the management team to Corporate Secretariat and Finance, and erate from Aberdeen. The Bunker De- Felixstowe will contribute to the continu- the Personnel Department have moved partment and Competitive Dry Cargo ing drive for tighter co-ordination, ser- to Westminster Tower, a distinctive and Chartering Department will remain at vice quality and enhanced efficiency. It modern office block overlooking the river City Road, close to the City of London. also brings management to the centre of Thames, the Houses of Parliament, and Both the Head Office and Shipping Div- the business, Felixstowe being the hub of the adjacent Maritime Organisation. The ision moves were effected over the Easter Maersk Line's regular services to more Shipping Division has relocated to Har- weekend, with the new office fully oper- than 150 destinations, and closer to bour Exchange Square, a prime position ational on Tuesday March 28. Maersk UK's growing EDP/EDI develop- on the waterfront in the centre of the ments. The latter have also been centred London Docklands Enterprise Zone.

14 First A.P. Møller industrial company in Spain By MARIANNE MALTOW, Rosti

Rosti, with production facilities in Denmark, Germany and Thailand, bought up the entire share capital of the Spanish company Iberica de Industrias Plasticas Ltd. (IBERIPLASA), situated ten kilometres north of Madrid, from January 1, 1989. The company manufactures foam plastic products for the Spanish market, providing packaging for foodstuffs and technical products and insulation for the construction sector. The production of technical packaging. IBERIPLASA will supplement Rosti's Danish foam plastic activities. At the present Rosti company Thermopack Ltd. produces fish crates, flower cartons, veg- etable crates and technical packaging at its foam plastic factories in Billund and Brønderslev.

The finished insulation sheets are collected Insulation materials are pressed into large and packaged, ready for transport to the blocks under great steam pressure. construction sites.

15 Examples of well-known pirate flags with their terrifying symbols of death, used between 1600-1700 and invented by the pirates themselves (1,2 and 3).

Pirates in the Caribbean By former museum director HENNING HENNINGSEN, PhD.

Piracy has existed as long as sailing itself fond of the term pirate, but preferred to and many people, especially the pirates call themselves Filibusters (or themselves, have regarded it as a com- Freebooters, which is the same as the pletely respectable occupation. Today, we Dutch Vrijbuiters, or privateers), or Danes are rather proud of being descend- Corsairs (derived from the Latin cursus, ants of the renowned Vikings, the most meaning to stray). They were also known effective pirates of their time who rav- as Buccaneers, or Boucaniers, which was aged most of the coastline of Europe. The originally a term for cattle or swine punishment for piracy has always been hunters who smoked their meat on the same - before as now - death by hang- Boucans - Indian for grate or grill - in a ing, preferable on the beach where the smoker oven. (The word pirate goes back body was also disposed of, symbolising to the Greek Peiran, meaning to seek ad- the disdain both earth and sea felt for the venture). It was originally these once so likes of such a criminal. peaceful hunters and farmers who had be- Literature dealing with piracy, especially come involved in piracy as a result of in connection with the West Indies, their resentment of Spanish persecution. though limited in scope, has always been Around 1640, they formed a brotherhood popular - comparable to wild west novels - Brethren of the Coast - on the little and films. Most of us, spellbound in our In 1600 the harbour of Havana, Cuba's island of Tortuga (named turtle because youth, read Robert Louis Stevenson's capita/ city, was cordoned off with an iron of its shape) north of Hispaniola (Haiti), "Treasure Island", Edgar Allan Poe's chain, making it a safe harbour (Engraving which proved to be the perfect base for "The Gold Bug", not to forget Rafael from about 1600). piracy. The island's rocky coastline Sabatini's novels about Captain Blood, was later plagiarised in many forms. camouflaged the many small bays where the Black Swan, etc. They were all colour- Piracy, especially in the West Indies, de- the pirates could, unobserved, take up ful and exciting; picture-book adventures veloped into a very lucrative business. In their boats for repair. This brotherhood which far outshone the actual pirate the beginning of the fifteenth century, had, as most guilds and organisations, a stories which later came to light. These in when the Spanish had become well- set of laws ensuring mutual help and sup- comparison seemed somewhat tedious established in their new territories, they port, fair sharing of the booty and shares and dull, and the atrocities performed naturally began to exploit the wealth they in the ships, plus compensation from a bored rather than horrified. The auth- found there, especially precious metals common fund for loss of arms, legs, eyes, entic characters could never live up to which they shipped back to Spain. Their etc. according to a predetermined rate - their noble, brave, determined enemies, among them the English, were comparable to a modern health or life in- gentlemen-pirate counterparts and the very envious of this development and surance. dashing women they encountered along often English ships equipped with letters Slowly, both adventurers and respectable the way. of marque from Queen Elizabeth I lay in citizens from various nations joined the The majority of pirates were most likely wait for these "gold ships". Privateering growing group of buccaneers, indulging just like everybody else, but there were in this form was an unpleasant but widely in ordinary privateering as well as out- several intelligent followers of the pro- accepted form of pirate warfare and, if right piracy. Their motives were many: fession who managed to commit to paper misused, could easily lead to ordinary pi- hate for the Spanish, adventure, lust for their more or less blood-filled life. Alex- racy which of course was illegal. This is gold and treasure, and, not least of all, a ander Olivier Exquemelin, a physician on exactly what happened - in war and way of making a living. They were a a pirate ship, wrote a book in 1678 about peacetime - in the West Indies between colourful collection of hunters, farmers, American pirates which proved to be the the years 1500 and 1600. More or less seamen (including many expert navi- first of a flood of pirates memoirs, and noble bandits and adventurers were not gators), criminals, intellectuals, veteran

16 A Buccaneer on Hispaniola, Haiti, with his The most sophisticated and feared death hunting rifle. On the left, the oven (in Indian: sentence for innocent captives: walking the boucan), where meat was smoked. Because of plank. Often described in pirate literature it Spanish persecution, these peaceful hunters was, as far as we know, only used once (The became pirates (Engraving from 1705 after Pirates' Own Book, 1837). Exquemelin).

soldiers, and so on. Few could live up to which had been taken by force. Their sea and becoming shark bait. It seems, the popular ideal of a pirate: a coloured "logo" was the well-known black flag with however, that there is only one docu- bandanna around his head, a large gold a white skull and crossbones - also called mented example of this practice and this ring in his ear, a black eyepatch, a knife in the "Jolly Roger". More careful study, as late as 1822. This fact, then, forces us his mouth (or a clay pipe at times), a cut- however, shows that the flag underwent to question whether the atrocities were so lass in one hand and a pistol in the other many individual variations since it was widespread and not more than a bit exag- (unless otherwise hampered by a wooden first seen in the 1700's. It could be white, gerated in most cases. Modern historians leg or an arm equipped with a hook at the yellow or red, and the terrifying "logo" tend to think so. end), and, to complete the picture, a par- could also take different forms: often a Merchant ship captains and their inno- rot on his shoulder. skeleton with an hourglass in one hand cent crews were, of course, completely at Despite their bloody deeds, pirates were and in the other an arrow piercing a the mercy of these trained, well-armed often God-fearing Christians who held heart, with resulting drops of blood. and heartless pirates. Even in ancient daily church services on board their Often, a pirate was pictured together with times, long before Columbus first sighted ships, including Bible verse reading and a skeleton with both of them holding an the West Indies, sailors had to pledge hymns, during which they fervently hourglass - the symbol of time passing their loyalty and promise to defend the cursed and swore while reverently mak- and Death - and, at times, a buccaneer ship and cargo against this scourge of the ing the sign of the cross. with a cutlass in one hand standing on seas. Punishment for refusing was flog- Another facet of pirate life was their two skulls, etc. The flag was very effective ging and banishment for cowardice. On cuisine. Pirate food consisted basically of at creating paralysing terror in the hearts the other hand the ship's owners were re- the same dishes as most areas in the of ordinary seamen: often so much so sponsible for medical treatment, and if tropics where sailing was dominant: hard that they did not even resist when they this included the loss of an arm, leg, eye, tack and, occasionally, fresh bread; more were attacked and boarded. Today, when ear or nose, this was compensated accord- corn and rice than grain, various types of maritime museums proudly exhibit an ing to a set rate not unlike that of the pi- dried beans, the aforementioned smoked "authentic pirate flag", it is most.likely rates' Brotherhood. meat as well as salted pork and dried fish, only a banner used in a nobleman's fun- Actually, it was quite often the case that plus fresh fruit including bananas. They eral procession from olden days when merchant ships successfully repulsed pi- drank mainly water, but also ship's ale symbols of death and mortality - skulls, rate attacks, at least from the smaller pi- when they could get it, and spirits, es- bones, hourglasses, angels of Death, rate ships. To put an end to this ever- pecially rum, which their leaders tried to burned-out torches, - were very preva- increasing and intolerable piracy, the keep to a minimum. Many will probably lent. USA., England and to a certain degree [\ remember the pirates' song from Of the pirates' accomplishments and other colonial powers such as Denmark L/ "Treasure Island": skills in battle, literature gives us many detailed descriptions: torturing their vic- Fifteen men on the dead man's chest, tims to get them to reveal where treasures Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! are hidden, allowing them to "jump over Drink and the Devil had done for the the knife" (that is, they chopped them rest, into pieces), robbing people down to their Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! last stitch, raping and mocking women, This "dead man's chest" probably refers burning ships, etc. Authors were es- to a well-known cliff skerry called by the pecially fond of the practice of "walking same name, shaped like a coffin, located the plank" - forcing a blindfolded person between the islands of St. Jan and to walk to the end of a plank which had Tortola. been placed over the side of the ship, in- The pirates' ships were most often vessels variably resulting in their falling into the Immediate justice: ten pirates being hanged on a man-of-war in Kingston. Jamaica, in 1823 (The Pirates' Own Book, 1837).

established a small fleet of fast warships. schooner "PINDA" were hanged in St. Thomas which was then used as a base In 1820, it was thought that there were Salem, Massachussets. The "PINDA" for his activities. In the 1860's the island more than 10,000 pirates operating in the was officially the last pirate ship in these came to be known as a veritable pirate's Caribbean, but after three years of waters. However, in 1855 the brig nest and, as a result, the Danish King dilligent efforts by the Americans only 80 "MAJOR WOLF" of Flensburg was Christian V was thought by everyone to pirate ships were captured and their bases nearly seized by a fast-sailing schooner be abetting piracy. Things had, however, destroyed, breaking the back of this pi- which had suddenly emerged from a little gone too far and the governor was rate monster. The "mosquito" ships used, bay between Anguilla and St. Martin. subsequently arrested and sent home. He weighing around 50 tons, could pursue Even today, we hear stories of luxury escaped imprisonment and ultimately a the pirates into shallow waters and pene- yachts sailing in these waters being seized death penalty by letting it be known that trate into their hideways. In 1825 the and plundered by anonymous speed he knew the whereabouts of a sunken famous mail schooner "VIGILIANT", boats which suddenly appear, only to dis- Spanish galleon. This proved to be of in- which the year before had her home base appear again among the countless small terest to many, so he was released in on St. Croix, pursued a Colombian pirate islands and reefs. hopes of finding the sunken ship. Need- named "ADOLPHO" who had attacked Obviously, the pirates managed to ac- less to say, it was never found and in the several Danish ships. After capturing his cumulate vast sums through their trade. meantime the crafty governor died. ship, many of the pirates were killed and Much of it was destroyed, either by burn- The Brandenburg-African Company, the captive they had kept chained below ing or by throwing it overboard, if they which in 1684 got permission to use St. deck were set free. Today, two of the pi- could not manage to take it with them. Thomas as a repacking port, freely car- rate ships' cannons can be seen in The valuables, usually precious metals or ried out its shady transactions here. This Denmark - "El Tito" (the night pot) and money such as the infamous gold doub- attracted many former privateers, now "Largato" (the toad). The pirates, by the loons, Spanish piastres or "pieces of pirates, to the Danish island when the way, could not be put on trial and pun- eight" known from pirate literature, war ended in 1697. The island's upright ished since "ADOLPHO" sailed with a coüld have been buried under a palm on a governor, Johan Lorentz, tried to limit valid letter of marque. Let him under- secret island - the version most often oc- these pirate activities by arresting one of stand that who can. curring in pirate tales. But, actually, most their well-known leaders, Bartholomeus In the same year, 1825, a "document con- of the booty they attempted to sell rather Sharp, in 1696. He also refused to have cerning the punishment of various par- cheaply for hard cash. This made it any dealings with Captain Kidd, who had ticipants in piracy..." was published in tempting for merchants to become fences arrived on the island to sell wares from a the West Indies. This document stated by buying or trading for the stolen goods. ship he had seized in the East Indian that constantly recurring piracy is an It was of course strictly forbidden to help Ocean. The Brandenburgs, however, were abhorrance which should be punishable pirates in any way, but several govern- not as overly sensitive as the Danes and by death. Anyone who had served on a pi- ment employees (and even governors) greedily bought alle the cheap goods they rate ship and indulged in acts of murder could not resist if it could be carried out could, which included silk cloth and mus- or personal abuse would be hanged in a surreptitiously. In 1681, St. Thomas' lin. chain, the body remaining in the gallows. governor, Nikolaj Esmit, received orders The Danish West Indies islands lay di- Those of the crew who had no part in the from home not to issue letters of passage rectly in the centre of thearchipelago and, misdeeds were to be punished with physi- to foreign vessels enabling them to sail since St. Thomas was the best harbour in cal labour. Often, pirates forced innocent under the Danish flag either as a priva- the area, pirates were constantly drawn to people from captured ships to join them teer or a pirate. Despite this, in 1682 it. Supposedly, Sir Francis Drake, Queen as pirates. Esmit gave the pirates permission to land Elizabeth l's bold privateer and admirer, After the campaign in the 1820's piracy at St. Thomas, which was a free port, and was very fond of the island. On the north- all but ceased to exist, but for safety's repair their ships while he bought their ern side of the i.sland, tourist buses still sake English and American warships con- captured booty. One French pirate, Jean stop at "Drake's Seat", a popular point tinued to patrol the seas up to 1861. The Hamlin, who had been responsible for with a view of Magens Bay, and it is not very last pirate hanging on a warship - seizing at least 17 ships and torturing cap- unlikely that Drake visited the island from the yardarm - took place in 1831. tives, was granted permission by the many times between 1565 and 1595 As late as 1835, several pirates from the governor's brother to live at the fort on while freebooting in the area. At that 1340 In 1718, Lieutenant Maynard caught up with Captain Blackbeard, killing him in a duel (The Pirates' Own Book, 1837).

Skytsborg on St. Thomas, built around 1680, now a hotel and called Blackbeard's Castle after the famous pirate (Photo: H. Henningsen). time, though, the island had not yet be- chant ship after another, tortured his cap- Indies know, on one of the hills above come Danish. tives and then killed them, according to Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas' capital, The most renowned of the English pirates the tales told about him. According to there is an old, round stone tower - today to settle in the West Indies around 1650 these same tales, no-one buried as much called Blackbeard's Castle. It has, of was Henry Morgan, who continued to treasure as he did. In 1700, he was finally course, no connection with him and is ac- battle against the Dutch and especially captured and tried before a jury in Lon- tually the remains of an old Danish for- the Spanish while using Jamaica as his don. A conviction was difficult, though, tress tower, "Skytsborg", from around base. He was 20 years old when he started because the stories about him turned out 1680. Stranger still another stoney tower, as a privateer and, later, pirate. While in to be grossly exaggerated. Eventually, he Frederiksfort, on another hill overlooking the governor's service, he captured and was convicted because of one single mur- the city, is called Bluebeard's Castle. In plundered countless Spanish cities and, der and was subsequently hanged on a connection with the tower, one can hear from 1670 to 1671, led a campaign con- beach in an iron chain, wearing an iron the tale of Knight Bluebeard who killed sisting of 1,450 men across the isthmus of corset which was to keep the body intact. all his wives after their wedding night. Panama. Here, he conquered the well- Today, he is thought of as a very me- That, however, has nothing to do with pi- fortified Spanish city Panama, seizing all diocre pirate - truly an embarrassing leg- racy. Both of the picturesque towers its great wealth. The Spanish, who had acy for a once very famous pirate. today are part of luxury hotel complexes just signed a peace treaty with England, The most popular of all the pirates associ- and, without doubt, these tales of bygone wanted him hanged, but instead King ated with St. Thomas was Captain days give guests a thrilling twinge of Charles II of England made him a knight. Blackbeard. His real name was Edward fright. To top it all, Hotel Bluebeard's He was even appointed vice-governor of Teach, and he was born in Bristol in the bridal suite is in the very tower itself - Jamaica where he did an about-face, 1650's. He is pictured as one of the most perfect for housing newlyweds and, repouncing all of his former colleagues feared and bloodthirsty pirates, around what's more, without any real danger to while pursuing them on the high seas and two metres tall and with a large black the bride. eventually hanging them. Exquemelin re- beard. Supposedly during battle he Henning Henningsen. fers to him as arrogant, and in his placed lighted matches in his beard and younger days he was truly a cruel bully. hair, which made him appear as the Devil He did leave one positive legacy after himself. This, obviously, was a gross him, though, in the form of the delightful exaggeration, if for no other reason than Captain Morgan rum. because of the fire danger involved. He Serving with him was Jan Erasmus had quite a history of plundering and Reyning, a Danish/Dutch privateer and murder - first as a privateer, then as a pi- pirate. After the Panama campaign he rate. Since he was a good friend of North had continued pirating, but on the side of Carolina's governor, who received shares the Spanish. He succeeded in seizing 32 of the booty, he always got away, until English vessels and ended up as a Dutch 1718 when a special expedition was sent senior grade commander. In 1691, he out after him under the leadership of wrote a very boastful autobiography in Lieutenant Robert Maynard. When the which he attempted to justify his actions. finally met, they fought a dramatic duel He called it "Very Remarkable Travels". on the deck of Blackbeard's ship where The most famous of all the Caribbean pi- Blackbeard lost, was beheaded, and his rates must undoubtedly be Captain head placed on the tip of the bowsprit. William (Robert) Kidd. He was born in The other pirates were hanged. Later on, Scotland around 1645 and went to sea as there were efforts to whitewash a privateer, preying on pirates. However, Blackbeard, claiming that he actually was since piracy proved to be much more lu- a noble person who had treated his pris- crative then privateering, he buried the oners well and never killed anyone if he Captain Blackbeard's head hanging on the Bible his pious mother had given him and could avoid it. bowsprit (The Pirates' Own Book, 1837). became a pirate. He plundered one mer- As tourists who have been to the West 1338 Rounding up...

Maersk Bangkok opens new terminal

The best shipping line

Maersk Line has made a clean sweep of the Best Shipping Line Awards at the "Third Asian Freight Industry Awards Presentation Cere- mony" held on January 20. This annual event was organi- sed by the well-known trade and transport magazine "Car- go News Asia". This year, Maersk Line was voted the winner of all three categories General Manager of Maersk Bangkok of Best Shipping Line by rea- Branch, Mr Jørgen T. Schmidt, and Deputy ders from 13 countries, the ca- Managing Director of Siam Shoreside tegories being Best Shipping Services Ltd., Mr Sombat Leelarom, welcome Line: Asia; Best Shipping Li- the Danish Ambassador to Thailand. His ne: East Bound, and Best Excellency Mr Frederik Kjær. Shipping Line: Westbound. All three awards were handed over by Mr Derick Hall, Hong Kong's Director of Marine. The picture shows one repre- sentative of Maersk Line, Mr Raymond Wong, accepting the award from Mr Derick Hall at the Presentation Cere- mony. The ribbon has been cut, and the first Maersk Evelyn Chun, Hong Kong truck enters the terminal.

Monk blessing the terminal.

On April 22, Maersk Bangkok ling equipment. Furthermore, with the local temple, which Branch opened a new Con- Maersk Bangkok Branch has also sent monks to bless the tainer Freight Station (CFS). in co-operation with Maersk terminal and the participants The terminal is the first of 14 K.K. in Tokyo developed a in the inauguration. After the such terminals to be opened in new terminal control system, ceremony, the terminal was Bangkok, as part of the establishing total control of opened by His Excellency the Government's plan to ease the cargo and equipment, which is Danish Ambassador to severe congestion in the of great assistance to cus- Thailand, Mr Frederik Kjær, Bangkok Port at Klong Toey. tomers as well as to the ter- Deputy Director General of The daily operation of the terminal personnel. The system the Port Authority of minal is carried out by Siam is called BREMIS, an Thailand, Mr Payoongkich Shoreside Services Ltd., abbreviation of Bangkok Chivamit, Deputy Permanent Maersk Bangkok Branch's Realtime Equipment Manage- Secretary of the Ministry of stevedoring and trucking com- ment Information System. the Interior of Thailand, Mr pany. The inauguration of the ter- Aree Wongaraya, and General The size of the terminal is minal took place in accord- Manager of Maersk Bangkok approximately 21,000 square ance with local custom. The Branch, Mr J.T. Schmidt. metres, equipped with mod- choice of both date and time Bjørn Vang Jensen, Bangkok ern container and cargo hand- was made in co-operation 1336 Maersk exhibits in Riyadh

At 1637 hours the "MAERSK NAVIGATOR" was released from her rescue duties and proceeded with the eight survivors on board to Singapore, Maersk Line, Riyadh, was where they were landed by represented in the recent launch for repatriation. "Saudi Agriculture and Saudi Following this incident, Food '89" exhibition held in "BENNY QUEEN" which Tokyo operations received in Riyadh on February 18-23 Rescue at sea was already at the scene. This January a letter of appreci- (Food) and March 18-23 operation proceeded for the ation and a commemorative (Agriculture). Maersk, in During the night of November next seventeen hours in winds shield, addressed to the Mas- keeping with tradition and 18 the Panamanian flag tim- of force six and two-metre ter and crew of the "MAERSK strong commitment to both ber carrier "LA VIE EN seas which were heavily NAVIGATOR" from the industries, received high ROSE" foundered in severe littered with giant logs from Commandant of the Japanese praise and acknowledgement storms about one hundred the casualty's deck cargo. Government's Marine Safety from the many overseas and fifty miles east of Taiwan. The lights of "LA VIE EN Agency. These were duly exhibitors, suppliers, and The Maersk Company's ROSE" went out at 0110 on forwarded to London Head manufacturers as well as the 69,900 dwt product carrier November 19, at which time Office, where on February 24 local Saudi Arabian com- "MAERSK NAVIGATOR" no survivors had been sighted. they were presented to Cap- panies. received a distress call from At 0630 that morning an air tain N. Lowe, Master (shown The reputation of our liner the stricken vessel at 2050 sea rescue plane was over the in one of the photographs, on trade, as well as the many ac- hours on November 18 while scene, and at 0930 a lifeboat the right) by Sir Andrew complishments of the A.P. on passage from Tokuyama to was sighted but proved to be Stark, a Director and former Møller Group, were duly Singapore. At the time the empty. At 1030 the Chairman of the Maersk noted by all visitors to our "MAERSK NAVIGATOR" "MAERSK NAVIGATOR" Company Limited. The other booth. Pictured above on the was some thirty miles from sighted and recovered a sur- photograph shows the com- right, the U.S. Ambassador to the scene, and she proceeded vivor, and in the ensuing memorative shield and scroll Saudi Arabia, Mr. Walther L. to the location with all speed. hours a further seven sur- pictured with a chart of the Cutler, and Mr. Bill Duggan, She arrived at the site of the vivors were recovered from rescue area. Jr., Maersk Line. casualty at 2245 hours and the sea. The "BENNY Robert Kenward, London William C. Duggan, Jr., immediately commenced QUEEN" also picked up sev- Riyadh. search and rescue patterns eral survivors, but sadly two with the Japanese LPG vessel crewmen remained missing.

New feeder service 1334 General Santos City is a city 1989 was negotiated by General Santos. Thus, it was located in the southern part of Maersk to carry all Dole's decided to deploy one feeder the Philippines on the island canned pineapples amounting vessel per fortnight between of Mindanao. One of the to as much as 60,000 tons, Singapore and General largest pineapple plantations from General Santos to the Santos. And, on January 14, in the world is located just US east coast, as well as fresh the "MAERSK MARCO", outside General Santos. Dole bananas to Hong Kong and later renamed "MAERSK Philippines, a company of shipments of frozen pineapple SANTO", made her inaugural Castle and Cooke in San Fran- juice concentrates. Shipments call at General Santos. cisco, is the operator of the to Europe have also been This new service has placed plantation. This company is negotiated. Furthermore Maersk in a unique position, also heavily engaged in ba- 30,000 tons of kraft being the only container line nana growing. A new project linerboard will be carried with direct service to the of immense importance that from Charleston for the southern part of Mindanao. Dole is entering is prawn manufacturing of cardboard Cargoes to and from Davao farming, with the export mar- boxes for these products. are now transported overland ket as first priority. This contract would necessi- from General Santos. In December, a contact for tate a service calling direct at Valdemar Poulsen, Manila. Personalia

ESPLANADEN MAERSK DRILLING THE FLEET

25 Years Anniversary 1. Einer Leo Jensen 13 September

MÆRSK OLIE OG GAS

Mr K 25 Years Anniversary 25 Years Anniversary 1. Radio Officer Abdul Juli I Sayed 13 June 1. Lars B. Thorup 2. Captain John Tage Franck Nielsen 1 August 6 July 3. Captain Hans Nielsen 24 July 4. Captain Hans Morten Kirketerp 40 Years Anniversary 25 August 1. Poul Clausen 5. Captain Leif Larsen 1 August 28 August 2. John Gross 6. Chief Engineer Jens Erik Larsen 1 August 1 September 3. Søren Vedel 1 September Retiring 7. 1st Officer Hans Pedersen 25 Years Anniversary 1 March 4. Palle Duhn 8. Chief Officer Kurt Jensen 6 July 1 July 5. Torben Chr Strand I August 6. N.-C. Kamper Petersen II August 7. Helmuth Larsen (Singapore) 3 August

Retiring 8. Kirsten Hastrup 31 July 9. B. Reks Jacobsen 30 September 10. K. Dahlberg-Hansen 30 September 1332 THE YARD ROULUNDS

Obituary The A.P. Møller Companies re- gret having to announce the following deaths:

Helge O. Jensen The Yard 24 February

Poul Henning Poulsen The Yard 11 March

2nd Engineer 25 Years Anniversary Bjarne Vestergaard Nielsen 1. Kaj Juul Hansen ex »JACOB MÆRSK« 26 July 17 May 2. Kate Bøgh 1 August 3. Willy Weble 1 August 40 Years Anniversary 4. John Benny Michelsen 1. Kaj S. Kjølby 14 August 11 August 5. Anders Mündt 28 September 25 Years Anniversary 6. Dennis Hansen 2. Aksel Jensen 29 September 7 July 3. John Munkebo DISA 4 August 4. Arne E. Pedersen 4 August 5. Jørgen Rasmussen 4 August 6. Niels Arvid Krogh Jensen 25 August 7. Bjarne Valther Christensen 25 August 8. Søren Jul Vest 25 Years Anniversary 1 September 1. Vera Nielsen (Herlev) 24 August

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The A.P. Møller Shipping Company s new supertanker, the "NICOLINE MÆRSK", on her way from the Arabian/Persian Gulf to Chlba in Japan.