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At the Annual General Meetings of Dampskibsselskabet af We have considered it important that the seniormost execu- 1912 A/S and A/S Dampskibsselskabet Svendborg, I made the tive office is occupied by the same person for a long period. following statement: Mr. Søderberg, who is today 46, has the prerequisites to meet this requirement. "It would hardly be correct for me today to disregard the statement we recently issued with our Annual Report. The socalled Shipowner Group will continue to consist of myself, Mr. Jess Søderberg and Mr. Ib Kruse. This organization was founded in 1904 with the establish- Mr. Søderberg's responsibilities will be extended in sundry ment of A/S Dampskibsselskabet Svendborg with my father ways as deputy. Mr. Kruse, whose contribution is outstand- as Chief Executive and driving force, and his father, Captain ing, will also be given a greater area of responsibility by RM. Møller, as Managing Owner in the early years. In 1912 taking on sundry responsibilities which until now I have Dampskibsselskabet af 1912 was formed with my father as dealt with. Managing Owner. Personalities and working methods differ, and Mr. Søder- My father was active and remained Senior Partner until his berg's style will, without doubt, be different from mine. But death at the age of 88 in 1965. During the last many years I the aim will be the same - to promote A.P. Møller and all its assisted him in the daily management, and matters had been affiliated activities, to show constant care, to be second-to- so prepared that at his demise I assumed the senior chair, none, to be profitable, to have the best, the most competent which I still occupy. All the time I have been efficiently and and most loyal employees - and to treat them properly." competently assisted by my partners and by others in the management and by our many able and conscientious em- This was the announcement I made at the Annual General ployees. Meetings. I appeal to all employees - support the present and impending future management in every way. Ensure that the So this is a family-founded and, since its inception in 1904, name A.P. Møller keeps its prestige for many, many years. And a family-led business. ensure that the organization continues to flourish and to be profitable. Without profitability we cannot succeed. I am now 77 and it is my duty, along with the Board and the Firm of A.P. Møller, the Managing Owner, to carefully pre- pare for the future. A duty which we all, of course, take seriously, bearing in mind our responsibility to the organi- zation, to our business connections, our employees, our so- ciety, our culture and not least our shareholders. The result of our deliberations was the announcement that MÆRSK MC-KINNEY MØLLER Mr. Jess Søderberg will succeed me as Chief Executive Offi- cer when, in a couple of years - I discontinue my activities in the daily management of A.P. Møller and that until that time Mr. Søderberg will be my deputy. Published by A.P. Møller, Copenhagen DISA: Eigil Conradsen Editor: Ulla Skytte MAERSK AIR: Marita Petersen MÆRSK Printers: Scanprint A/S, Viby J MÆRSK DATA: Kim Kruse Andersen THE YARD: Mogens Byrler Local correspondents: PAPYRO-TEX: Helge Madsen PHARMA-PLAST: Bjørn Ragle HONG KONG: Belina Chick ROSTI: Marianne Maltow INDIA: Ravi Chopra ROULUNDS: Elsebeth Bastholm INDONESIA: Peter Frederiksen JAPAN: Jeremy T. Haycock NIGERIA: Lucie Thompson PHILIPPINES: Lydia B. Cervantes SINGAPORE: Cyril Seah SPAIN: Harry W. Glogauer TAIPEI: Alfred Hurd THAILAND: Suthinee Vanachart Volume 30, No. 2 UNITED KINGDOM: Robert Kenward June 1991 U.S. EAST COAST: Robert F. Osborne ISSN 0904-7093 U.S. WEST COAST: Jennifer Caro Reproduction permitted with U.S. GULF: Gregory Bakalich acknowledgement of source New ship: the "MC-KINNEY MÆRSK" The "MC-KINNEY MÆRSK", new- building no. 132 from the Odense Steel Shipyard was christened on 2nd March 1991. The sponsor was Mrs. Mary Thornton, wife of Mr. Dean D. Thornton, President of Boeing Commercial Airplanes of Seattle, USA. M.s. "MC-KINNEY MÆRSK" is the tenth container vessel in the M-series, the last four of which are in the Majestic class. The vessel is a giant, and is not only the largest container vessel in the world, but also one of the world's largest reefer vessels. The vessel, which is more than 294 metres long and 32 metres wide, is pow- On arrival at the Lindø Shipyard, the sponsor Mrs. Mary Thornton was welcomed by the Managing Director of Lindø, Mr. Kurt Andersen, and Lindø's "flower girl", Mette. ered by the largest diesel engine in the world - a 12 cylinder MAN/B&W two- stroke engine, which generates over 60,000 BHP, providing a speed of over 24 knots when loaded. The Shipping Company took delivery of the vessel on 11th March, and the "MC-KINNEY MÆRSK" has now gone into Maersk Line's liner service between Northern Europe and the Far East via the east and west coasts of the USA. The "MC-KINNEY MÆRSK" has her home port in Skovshoved and is under the command of Captain Niels Beyer Nielsen with Henrik Rosholm Poulsen as Chief Engineer. Mrs. Mary Thornton, Mr. Dean D. Thornton. President of Boeing Commercial Airplanes and the proud vessel, the "MC-KINNEY MÆRSK". A niche in aviation The forwarders' building at Copenhagen A sound little business One of the nerve centres at Maersk Air Cargo Airport is centrally located, and from the The Cargo Department of Maersk Air is the booking section. outside the two-storey building is not par- was established eight years ago. Cathay ticularly impressive. If you look more Pacific - one of the major foreign airlines closely, however, you can see streamers in was looking for a sales agent in Scandina- the familiar Maersk Air colours stuck on via, and Maersk Air took the opportunity Maersk Air Cargo is in constant dialogue a row of windows on the first floor. What of showing what it could do in this area of with other airlines attempting to establish the uninspiring exterior of the building aviation. The Cargo Department started General Sales Agent contracts. cannot offer is more than made up for by up with a staff of only two, but today the The staff of Maersk Air Cargo all have ex- the interior, however, as hidden behind number has grown to eight, with Kim perience from the air freight or shipping the blue stickers, a small but extremely ef- Schultz as Manager. industries, and all have the ability of ficient group of people work. And time does not stand still in the de- being able to visualize. They know the old The office is called Maersk Air Cargo, partment. On the contrary, it flies! story about how much a kilo of iron and a and the staff is employed almost 24 hours In addition to Maersk Air's own routes, kilo of feathers weigh. Understanding of a day dealing with air freight - or, as Kim Maersk Air Cargo serves companies such weight as opposed to volume is essential Schultz puts it: "We are here as long as as Trans World Airlines and Cathay Pa- when an aircraft is to be loaded. the aircraft are here". cific. But that is not all. Parallel with this, The sequence of events behind a typical 4 By means of the Air Cargo is not the cheapest on the mar- centrally-placed ket but it offers top class service. notice board, all the staff in the Progress for air freight department are kept Maersk Air looks to the future with great constantly up to date confidence. At the same tempo as Maersk with the cargo Air expands its network of routes in Eu- capacity in the rope, Maersk Air Cargo's freight capacity different aircraft. is increased. Furthermore, Maersk Air's new and operationally-economical Boe- ing aircraft is a watchword, not only on the passenger side, but also regarding air freight both at present and in the future. Regardless of whether it is Maersk Air's own aircraft or one of the aircraft for which the Cargo Department is sales agent, the loading and unloading of con- tainers and pallets to and from the airc- raft takes place rapidly and efficiently, as frequently the time available is only the transportation job can be characterised as their desks in the forwarder's building. 30 - 40 minutes it takes for the passen- follows: A customer calls a forwarding The target for market coverage in the gers to leave the aircraft. agent to arrange the transport of a speci- Nordic countries has been fixed at six vi- Constant care and reliable delivery are fic consignment of goods. The forwarding sits per year to each of the 180 shipping the key words in the niche which Maersk agent contacts Maersk Air Cargo in order offices with which Maersk Air Cargo has Air Cargo fills at Copenhagen Airport as to purchase some space for the custo- connections. well as in the belly of the aircraft. mer's consignment on one of the aircraft Maersk Air Cargo's philosophy is "Per- for which the department is agents, or on fect service is absolutely necessary, other- one of Maersk Air's own aircraft. Another wise we would rapidly lose our custo- typical way of doing the job could be by mers". They have managed to achieve a Maersk Air Cargo is one of the many active making an agreement with an airline to reasonable price level combined with su- partners when, for example, a Trans World purchase the entire capacity of the airc- perior service, and experience shows that Airlines aircraft is on the ground at raft, and subsequently selling cargo space this combination is marketable.

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