The Gulf crisis has brought significant changes to our profit picture - notably in a downward direction. It has become MÆRSK much more difficult to find lucrative employment for the POST large tanker vessels. The Product and Gas tanker vessels earn about the same as before the occupation of Kuwait, whilst the liner trade in general has experienced a marked decline in rates and a reduced net result. For offshore activi- ties, demand has increased somewhat, but rate increases Published by A.P. Møller, Copenhagen have been sluggish. The decline of the dollar has also obvi- Editor: Ulla Skytte Printers: Scanprint A/S, Viby J ously had a negative effect on the net result, as have in- creased fuel expenses. In many cases, bunker prices have Local correspondents: risen to more than double.

HONG KONG: Belina Chick In short, the Middle East crisis has had negative reper- INDIA: Ravi Chopra INDONESIA: Peter Frederiksen cussions on our shipping activities. JAPAN: Lars Bredo Rahbek NIGERIA: Lucie Thompson This means, of course, that we must seek to increase our ef- PHILIPPINES: Lydia B. Cervantes ficiency, streamline our organisation and reduce our ex- SINGAPORE: Cyril Seah penses. The vessels are in the forefront by already sailing ef- SPAIN: Harry W. Glogauer TAIPEI: Alfred Hurd ficiently with reduced crews. We must now look to doing the THAILAND: Suthinee Yanachart same on land, and at the same time turn our attention even UNITED KINGDOM: Robert Kenward more towards our customers and customer service. To U.S. EAST COAST: Robert F. Osborne change an organisation is often difficult. People prefer the U.S. WEST COAST: Jennifer Caro familiar. But it is necessary to find new, better, more re- U.S. GULF: Gregory Bakalich warding and at the same time less expensive ways and DISA: Eigil Conradsen methods and it is exciting to be a part of this. I am con- AIR: Marita Petersen vinced that all employees will do their best to make us better MÆRSK DATA: Kim Kruse Andersen and more effective both on land and at sea. THE YARD: Jørgen Petersen PAPYRO-TEX: Helge Madsen PHARMA-PLAST: Bjørn Ragle MÆRSK MC-KINNEY MØLLER ROSTI: Marianne Maltow ROULUNDS: Elsebeth Bastholm Copenhagen, the 15th November, 1990

Volume 29, No. 4 December 1990 ISSN 0904-7093 Reproduction permitted with acknowledgement of source New ship: MAGLEBY MÆRSK"

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On Saturday, 10th November at the "MAGLEBY MÆRSK" Lindø Shipyard, a container vessel of at the equipment pier at Lindø. approximately 60,000 tons deadweight was named by Mrs. Anne Marie Vessel built by the Lindø Shipyard for the A.P. Schlüter, wife of the Prime Minister Mr. Møller Shipping Company and financed Poul Schlüter. through K/S DMK-SEJERØ. The new container vessel, which was M.s. "MAGLEBY MÆRSK" can lift named the "MAGLEBY MÆRSK", is more than 4,000 twenty foot containers, newbuilding 128 and is the third in a including 500 refrigerated containers. series of six advanced container vessels This makes the newbuilding not only one of the largest container vessels in the The sponsor, Mrs. Anne Marie Vessel Schlüter world, but also one of the largest refriger- with Captain Henrik L. Solmer and ated vessels. Managing Director Kurt Andersen. The vessel is 294 metres long and 32 metres wide, and is powered by the largest diesel machinery in the world. This is the 12 cylinder MAN B&W two stroke engine, which provides 57,700 BHP, giving a speed of 24 knots or the equivalent of 44 kilometres per hour. After her trials and delivery at the end of the month, the vessel will go into service in the Shipping Company's liner service on the route from Northern Europe to and from the Far East via the East and West Coasts of USA. M.s. "MAGLEBY MÆRSK" has her home port in Dragør, and will be under the command of captain Henrik Loren- sen Solmer with Bjarne Steen Petersen as Chief Engineer.

At the naming ceremony at Lindø, the Spon- sor Mrs. Anne Marie Vessel Schlüter and the Prime Minister Pout Schlüter with the Linclø Yard's Managing Director Kurt Andersen and Shipowner Marsk Mc-Kinney Møller. 1487 When

became Dansk Supermarked

The headquarter of Føtex and Dansk Supermarked in Arhus.

1489 This Autumn the Dansk Supermarked ders, Nykøbing Falster, Viborg, A-Z are stores which deal in an extremely Group, which runs the retail chain stores and Århus, where there is now a total of large assortment of non-food items. Food Føtex, Bilka, and Tøj & Sko (Clo- eight stores. And Føtex continues to ex- is not sold at all in these stores - except thes and Shoes) and A-Z, can celebrate pand - at the moment, building is in pro- that which the customers eat in the stores' two special anniversaries. gress in Sønderborg and for the ninth ti- bistros. A-Z also rapidly became a suc- The Føtex chain can celebrate the 30th me in Århus. cess, and today three identical stores have anniversary of the opening of the first The first Bilka store opened in Tilst outsi- been established in the chain. After Es- Føtex store in Guldsmedgade in Århus, de Århus 20 years ago, and, like Føtex, it bjerg, one was opened in Sønderborg and and at the same time Bilka can celebrate was something entirely new in retailing. in 1990 the third was opened in . the 20th anniversary of the opening of its Before then, hypermarkets had never The A-Z stores have been successful in first store in the chain in Tilst outside been seen in , and in the years these three towns, where the concept has Århus. that followed the chain grew rapidly with contributed to the fact that the commer- The Føtex store in Guldsmedgade for- footholds in , and Hun- cial centres have, to an increasing degree, med the basis for what has become the dige near Copenhagen. drawn customers from the surrounding Dansk Supermarked Group, which em- The initiative of the Dansk Supermarked areas. Consequently several other towns ploys a staff of 10,000. Group was soon copied by others in the have shown interest in establishing A-Z The store was a result of the observations industry, who started to open similar dis- stores, and the next one to open in this made by the store owner, Herman Sailing, count stores. In later years, the Bilka chain will be in Viborg. on his buying trips for the Sailing store, chain took over two of these discount sto- A third everydaygoods chain in the which he had taken over from his father. res, the first in 1981 located in Ishøj near Dansk Supermarked Group cannot cele- He came back with many new ideas Copenhagen and the second in 1988, lo- brate a "round" birthday but, unlike the which he had got from different Euro- cated outside . In 1987, Bilka it- two previously mentioned, it is becoming pean countries, mainly Germany and self established a store in Næstved, where well known outside Denmark. Netto is France, and which he put together to Dansk Supermarked was entrusted with the foodstuffs chain which has expanded form an entirely new retailing concept. the task of building a shopping centre the most in the Dansk Supermarked The idea of collecting ironmongery, texti- outside the centre of town. Group in recent years. les, dry goods and fresh meat in one place Apart from this, Bilka has established The Netto chain was started in 1981 in naturally aroused much interest among more than 30 smaller so-called "city- Copenhagen, where its headquarters and both consumers and those employed in oriented" shops as part of the Tøj & Sko modern, centralised warehouses are si- the retail industry. Another new idea was tuated. From the capital, the chain stores to combine the shopping area with a cafe- have spread over Zealand, Lolland and teria, and before long others in retailing Falster, and in 1986 the chain hopped used the idea and established similar sto- over the Great Belt with the establish- res. ment of its first shop in Nyborg. Since When, in the beginning of the 60s, Mr. then Netto has successfully worked its Sailing got the chance to expand his busi- way into the market west of the Great ness with another large store in Aalborg, Belt and, with three shops in Esbjerg, has he started looking for a partner who could already reached the west coast of Jutland. take part in the explosive expansion that On average, about twenty new shops are was even then happening in the Føtex opened every year, and it is also Netto chain. which represents the internationalisation which is going on in the Dansk Supermar- That partner was A.P. Møller, who took Tøj & Sko (Clothes and Shoes) shop ked Group. A thorough investigation of 50% of the shares in the company which is centrally located on the pedistrian street the market conditions, which mapped out controlled the Føtex stores, and at the sa- in Århus. the possibilities for the establishment of me time the company changed its name Netto shops in Great Britain, has led to from Jydsk Supermarked to Dansk Su- chain. These are shops which, from a cen- the fact that the first shops will be opened permarked. The remaining 50% of the trally placed shopping street, sell clothes there in the Spring of 1991. This Autumn, shares are still owned by F. Sailing A/S. and shoes for the whole family. Netto has opened the first shop in a chain Today the Føtex chain consists of 44 sto- In 1987, the Dansk Supermarked Group of stores in the Eastern part of Germany. res spread over almost the entire country. yet again presented Danish consumers In recent years the chain has expanded so with an entirely new shopping concept. much that in the last few years stores ha- This happened when Bilka opened the ve been opened in Skive, Åbenrå, Ran- first A-Z store on the outskirts of Esbjerg. FLEMMING HONUM, Dansk Supermarked

The Føtex store in Frederiksallé, Århus. Bilka in Tilst, Århus.

5 A job for Mærsk Supply Service

Since its formation in 1967, Mærsk be organised, as on the route from the There was also a great deal of activity on Supply Service has carried out many dif- Arabian/Persian Gulf to West Africa the "DLB POLARIS" before departure. ferent kinds of jobs including the towing there are surprisingly few bunker sta- As the barge sailed as "dead tow", that is of jackup rigs, semi-submersible rigs, tions. The solution was to install pumps to say unmanned, an emergency anchor cargo barges and pipe-laying barges. on the "DLB POLARIS" for the transfer with a separate release was rigged to the The latest towing operation was from of fuel and water to the "MAERSK barge and extra, easily-accessible board- Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates to BEATER" on the open sea. ing facilities from the sea, were estab- Pointe Noire in Congo. Furthermore, the "MAERSK BEATER" lished. The operation was carried out by the was loaded with lubricating oil, stores, Finally, all these preparations were sub- "MAERSK BEATER", which, with its spare parts and provisions for the voyage mitted to the charterer's insurance com- 8400 BHP and 100 tons bollard pull, which was to last for over two months. pany for approval. towed the E.T.P.M. pipelaying barge, the Naturally security is of primary import- On 26th June 1990, the "MAERSK "DLB POLARIS", continuously for over ance, and in this connection not only was BEATER" began to tow the "DLB two months from its departure from a third towing line placed on board the POLARIS", and after 64 days at sea, Sharjah until its safe arrival at Pointe "MAERSK BEATER", but a telex ma- sometimes in rough weather, the tug ar- Noire. chine connected to a separate radio rived safely at Pointe Noire on 29th Needless to say, a towing operation on station was installed to ensure optimal August 1990. this scale demanded a great deal of prep- communication between sea and land. The "MAERSK BEATER" and the barge aration, and numerous questions had to The towing route and alternative routes had by then sailed a distance of 7616 be answered before the final departure were drawn up, emergency ports were nautical miles. from Sharjah could take place. plotted in and daily weather forecasts Among many other matters, the question were ordered as a part of the normal se- of how the bunkering on the way should curity procedures. JESPER MOGENSEN, Maersk Supply Service

During MAERSK BEATER 's towing operation from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates to Pointe Noire in Congo, it was - as anticipated - necessary to deviate from the most direct route (shown as dotted line) because of the South Westerly monsson.

6 The golden age of the market place ral harbour had been pointed out by ex- started in 200 AD and lasted for 400 perts a long time ago. years, and its discovery may be the miss- At that time nobody knew anything about ing piece which proves that the Gudme- the market place, which was discovered Lundeborg area was the economic, politi- by accident in 1986, when archeologists cal and cultural centre of power at the at Svendborg Museum were told that a time until the fall of the Roman Empire, sewage discharge was going to be laid when Lejre took over the role in Den- down through the area. mark. "As we knew about a Renaissance tile- With the help of a donation from the A.P. works on the site, we went out and began Møller and Chastine McKinney Møller's to examine the area", says Mr. Per Thom- Foundation, it has been possible to work sen, the museum curator from Svendborg systematically according to a plan which who is leading the excavations. will not be completed for another two The tileworks was there as they had ex- years. By that time, the entire 800 metre pected. But after having worked their way long market place on the coast north of through 70 centimetres of tileworks de- Lundeborg will have been gone through with a fine tooth comb. In specially chosen areas, layers and layers of soil of ten centimetre thickness are carefully scraped away, and the soil is taken by hand to a sieve, where the arc- A new chapter in Danish naval and trade heologists' helpers wash it down through history is about to be written. This is a the mesh so that stones, gold, silver and chapter in which precious metals, handi- other metals are left. This is a technique crafts and the art of good solid shipbuild- which was developed during the exca- ing are important ingredients. It is also a vation of Sorte Muld on Bornholm, chapter in which cinder remains make where the usual tool of archeologists - the archeologists more ecstatic than if they spoon - failed. The colour of the soil were gold or other precious items. This is simply made it impossible to find any- because finished works in precious metals thing at all by the excavation method. can have come from a long way away, By washing down the soil tons of it can be examined, and every day new finds are while the cinder remains can give precise On a stretch of land more than 800 metres brought to light, often at such a rapid information on the activities which were long, there was a flourishing market place tempo that a more detailed examination a part of everyday life on Funen almost along the east coast of Funen, north of must wait until the cold season, when ex- 2000 years ago. Lundeborg, during the period from 200 AD to cavation stops. The same applies to the The site is Lundeborg between Svendborg 600 AD. and Nyborg, where three archeologists dating of many of the finds, including the and seven helpers have been working for remains of a fire found in a layer at least a the last five years on systematic archeolo- metre below what is thought to have been Tons of earth are washed through a sieve and gical research into the early history of the water level, in the natural harbour at in that way fragments of gold, silver, glass and trade with the Roman Empire. the outlet of the Tange stream. This natu- iron are brought to light.

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8 tritus, the areheologists came across so- Previous finds from Bornholm included mething far more interesting - a culture coins with single motifs, but the coins layer from around the year 200 AD. It lay from Funen are distinguished by the a metre under the ground, and could have double motifs on 64 of them. There are had some connection with the natural recurring man-woman motifs, and on harbour which might have been at the most of the coins the man is embracing outlet of the earn. the woman, who has long straight hair The thickness of the layer - 80 cm - was and is dressed in a long robe. in itself unusual, as were the many casual The coins from Lundeborg are from the finds it concealed. beginning of the 600s and the double mo- The finding of hundreds of ship rivets tif and the loving expression on the cha- and rivet plates established early on the racters' faces may mean that they have naval connections of the site during a pe- been romantic symbols. riod when our knowledge was more or They may also have been used as votive less limited to the Nydam ship which da- offerings, and as they contain such minu- tes from the end of the year 300 AD. te amounts of metal that they do not re- When the excavations are completed and gister on a metal detector, this may ex- all the information from them is collated, plain why coins have not been found in LI the finds will be able to tell us more about •S , '. n• '-^.-..«KVB " -- r I Gudme lake. 1 According to a legend, the lake was ac- the naval traditions of the Iron Age. _ _ I Other finds - fragments of Roman glass, tually a natural shrine a place where sacri- Roman silver dinars, bronze figures etc - /4.S it was hardly likely that there was an fice was made, but a survey of parts of the are proof of the fact that tradesmen from antique dealer in the market place at lake in 1989 - also financed by the A.P. the Roman Empire came to Funen to sell Lundeborg, this Roman bronze bull's head Møller Foundation - only revealed metal their goods and presumably also to buy dating from the period BC might either have of a later date. skins and handicrafts and, not least, to had some utility value, or was perhaps meant But this does not exclude the possiblity have their vessels repaired. to have been melted down by some jeweller or that sacrificial gold coins might lie in the If the coming winter's Carbon-14 analy- farrier on Funen. mud at the bottom of the lake. If this is ses of the remains of the fire show that the case, they will remain there until our they date from the time of the market pla- descendants find them -just as in the case ce, it means that the ships did not sail in- of the gold coins in the topsoil at Lunde- to the harbour but were dragged up onto borg. the beach to be repaired, as there would "We know that more exist, but those we simply not have been enough water in the have found are sufficient for our archeo- "harbour" for the ships' draft. glass was imported, but an increasing logical research so, as it is not what you This may be part of the explanation for number of cinder finds containing frag- would call a treasure hunt, we will let the the extremely long market place compa- ments of glass confirms the theory that rest of them stay where they are for the re- red with what was usual at the time. there was also local glass production seve- searchers of the future. One day they may The archeologist Karsten Kjær Michael- ral hundreds of years before the Danish want to examine our results closely", says sen suggests a reason for the location of production of glass was known. The raw Per Thomsen, who is looking forward to the market place. materials were presumably the Roman writing a history of the area. It must have been incredibly easy to find, glass which had been shattered in trans- The first popular scientific publication is whether one sailed from the north or the portation. planned to come out in 1991, but it will south. In either case, it would have been Gold, silver and bronze fragments have not contain an estimate of how many necessary to make a turn off the most also proved that craftsmen produced arti- people lived off trade and farming in that northerly point of the long island Lange- facts at the market place almost 2000 part of the country all those hundreds of land. years ago, as did comb makers and per- years ago. It also seems clear that the place was not haps also amber polishers. Several thousand graves in the area bear permanently inhabited. Per Thomsen ba- Bits of gold were one form of currency, witness to the fact that the population ses this observation upon the fact that no but Roman silver dinars from an earlier density was relatively high, but areheolo- post holes have been found, and this date than the market place bear witness gists will not be able to make a qualified could be explained by the fact that trades- to the fact that our ancestors wanted the assumption until about a dozen burial men came to the market place with their genuine article, as eventually the Romans places around the rich Gudme lake settle- goods in a chest or wrapped in a piece of mixed so much copper in their dinars ment have been examined. skin. that the coins could not be used as raw It will still be left to our imagination to They probably unpacked their stands materials for things like jewellery. make up fairy tales about the owners of every morning - precisely like the street This explains the old Roman coins on Fu- the great number of gold treasures that traders of today both at home and nen - the new ones were not accepted as the soil of Funen has given up at regular abroad. In the evening, they probably currency. intervals, ever since Denmark's second packed everything up again and went to On the other hand, it is presumed that the largest hoard of gold jewellery, with a to- the settlement in or around Gudme. gold coins found at Lundeborg - more tal weight of four kilogrammes, was Finds from the area have revealed that than 70 up to now - had been lost there. unearthed in 1833. the people living here were rich, and Per 30 were found in the same place and pre- That find has only been outshone by the Thomsen is certain that there must have sumably had been in a leather purse that golden horns but, unlike the horns, it is been a prince or nobleman there, al- had broken still intact and among the National Mu- though this is one of the theories which The gold coins are only known in Scandi- seum's greatest treasures. can hardly be scientifically proved. navia, and their significance has not been But he believes that there must always be fully established, although it is believed room for dreaming. that they were a kind of talisman. They It is facts, however, that are being pur- measure approximately one centimetre, sued in the topsoil north of Lundeborg. are paper thin and are stamped with mo- BIRTHE LAURITSEN The fragments of Roman glass tell us that tifs. Photo: Svendborg Museum

9 of a large British textile company had been acquired. The division consists of Pharma-Plast three separate business units: Steriseal, Nomeq and Rotax now registered under the name of Pharma-Plast Ltd. In 1959, the Needle Industries Group expands in the UK formed a new company called Steriseal, which was set up to produce the UK's 1989 was the year when Pharma-Plast first disposable syringe and needle. took a major step forward in the UK. Steriseal and its predecessors, based in Bradgate-Unitech Ltd. was acquired at Redditch, approximately 30 kilometres the beginning of 1989. The company is south of Birmingham, which is the home situated some 80 miles north of London of the English needle-making industry, in the small medieval town of Stamford. have led the way in fine needle pro- Bradgate-Unitech is engaged in the duction for over 250 years. The skills de- manufacture of urine drainage bags, and veloped over the last twenty years have therefore provides a natural extension of been employed to meet the demands of existing activities in the two other com- the modern ophthalmic surgeon. panies within the Pharma-Plast Group. In the 1970s, Steriseal was approached to The acquisition of Bradgate-Unitech has At steriseal, hygiene has top priority throughout design a range of disposable/special strengthened Pharma-Plast's position, the entire production process. needles and cannulae for extra capsular and without any doubt the Pharma-Plast cataract extraction. This procedure Group is now the world market leader in ture a significant share of the UK means to remove the diseased natural the urine drainage bag market. healthcare market in drainage bags. lens from the capsule in the eye, and re- Bradgate-Unitech was established in place it with an artificial substitute. Now 1969, and operated first in Leicester be- The next step in the 1990s, Steriseal produces a range of fore moving to Stamford in 1972. At that By the end of 1989, the medical division cannulae and needles for every step of time, its principal manufacturing prod- ucts were PVC operating theatre over- These needles used for anaesthetic are shoes and mucus extractors, as well as from Steriseal. The Steriseal equipment is used when a other plastic medical disposables. diseased natural lens has to be removed With the advent of cheap overshoes from from the eye. the Far East, the company decided to move into the manufacture of urine drainage bags in a serious way, having had a few trial production runs in the early 1970s. For the next fourteen years or so, the company successfully helped to develop the closed urine drainage system in the UK, and became the major pro- ducer in the market. In 1986, successful launches were made in the European market for standard bags, and sales devel- oped very rapidly. After a period of reinvestment in Stam- ford, the company is poised to cap- each ECCE process, from anaesthesia Steriseal has recently marketed a new the Queen's Award to Industry, this time through to capsulotomy. micro needle suture, which is manufactu- for Export, and we at Pharma-Plast Ltd. The tradition of excellent craftsmanship, red at its plant in Mid-Wales. This pro- find ourselves in the enviable position of combined with close collaboration with duct has been initially aimed at the US having two UK subsidiary companies, eminent, world-famous surgeons, still market, and it has great potential future both of which have received this royal ac- continues at Steriseal, and this progressi- growth. All concerned with the venture colade. Naturally, both management and ve policy which has been adopted by both are looking forward with great optimism staff are extremely proud of the fact that management and employees, culminated to the success of this new product range. Pharma-Plast is one of the very few in 1987 with Steriseal achieving the Another separate unit in the UK opera- groups in the UK which has received the British Design Award for Excellence. tion is Nomeq, which is Britain's leading Queen's Award to Industry on more than Steriseal is not a one-product company, manufacturer/supplier of Physiotherapy one occasion. however. A major part of its business is in Equipment and Healthcare Products. Less than two years have passed since the field of special wound care manage- The company sells its products directly to Pharma-Plast made its first investment in ment. It has been one of the pioneers in hospitals, sports/leisure centres and edu- the UK. It has been an extremely interes- the use of calcium alginate as a medium cational outlets both throughout the UK ting and positive experience to integrate for creating an environment for more ra- and abroad. these new activities and to welcome 350 pid healing and greater pain relief. Its Pharma-Plast Ltd. has a further interest motivated and highly competent new product, Sorbsan, is derived from sea- in the healthcare market through its scal- members of the Pharma-Plast Group. weed, and has been developed into a hig- pel manufacturing unit. The Rotax com- hly comfortable dressing, which looks pany is better known for its brand names, and handles like traditional dressings. Paragon, Lance and Axicut. This compa- BJØRN RAGLE, Pharma-Plast Sorbsan, when in contact with wound ny is situated in Sheffield, the home of exudate, turns into a soft protective gel, stainless steel and a city synonymous thus creating the optimum environment with the highest quality products incor- for the healing of wounds. This approach porating cutting edges, and has been pro- to wound management was so revolutio- ducing cutting implements for over three nary that, in 1989, it earned Steriseal hundred years. Over 90% of its produc- the Queen's Award for tion is exported to medical, veterinary , Technological Achieve- and chiropody markets throughout the pesofsc ment. Such an honour world, with Europe and the US as its ma- »Z7Z ^> brings with it an invita- jor markets. tion to Buckingham Pa- The company produces 19 patterns of lace, and recently Mana- surgical blades, both in stainless and car- i•Jli ging Director Malcolm bon steel, and these are totally interchan- Manning and two mem- geable with the majority of the world's x-|j bers of Steriseal's staff at- major blade manufacturers. I tended a formal recep- Like its sister company in Redditch, in tion to meet the Queen 1984 Rotax achieved the great honour of * and the Duke of Edin- burgh.

- A star for Dagmar

During the late summer months (August/ September) Dansk Undergrunds Conso- rtium (DUC) installed the first STAR platform on the Dagmar Field in the North Sea. The platform concept is uni- que because it is an unmanned light- weight wellhead platform, which can ac- commodate a relatively large number of conductors, in this case 6 wells, and is designed in such a way that it can be in- stalled entirely by means of a conventio- nal drilling rig. For the installation of the first STAR platform, the drilling rig MÆRSK ENDEAVOUR was used. The General Engineering Department in Mærsk Olie og Gas started planning the installation in Spring 1989. For the first time the detailed planning and the entire installation were carried out by Mærsk Olie og Gas, which was consequently res- ponsible for producing all the installation instructions and for providing all the nes- cessary equipment, such as special wire slings, heavy sheave blocks, hydraulic hammers and a transportation barge, as well as tugs. In addition to this, Mærsk Olie og Gas, in close cooperation with Maersk Drilling, prepared specifications for all the modifications to the drilling rig which were nescessary for the installation of the platform. A separate part of the preparations for the installation was the investigation of The most critical part of the operation has been completed - the platform is now standing on the how to manoeuvre the 12,000 ton barge, sea bed. and the next phase of the installation can soon begin. loaded with the platform components, under the drilling rig, and moor it to the legs of the rig. Moreover, the matter of tut manoeuvring controls were establis- what weather criteria would cause any of hed for each of the three tugs, and con- the installation activities to be suspen- nected to the computer. By means of this ded, also had to be investigated. system, the barge towmaster and the tug To clearify this model of the transporta- captains were trained in manoeuvring tion barge was built by the Danish Mariti- and positioning the barge under variable me Institute and special Planar Motion weather conditions with wind and steering tests were carried out with the coming from different directions. model in order to determine its manoeuv- To evaluate the lift of the 500 ton sub- ring characteristics. structure, Shell, in cooperation with the These parameters, together with data Marin Institute in Wageninen, Holland, from the tugs, the drilling rig and the im- carried out a series of computer simula- pact from wind and waves, were inserted tions of how the top of the jacket 54 me- into a newly developed three dimensional tres above sea-level would swing during computer programme. It was then possi- the lift-off, depending on wind and wa- ble to simulate, on video screens, the ma- ves, and the extent of the heavy impacts noeuvring and positioning of the barge in tranferred the drilling rig. between the rig legs under variable wea- Based upon the model tests, manoeuvring After sailing 230 kilometres, the barge with the ther conditions. simulations and calculations of the dyna- Star platform has arrived at the rig, In the simulation laboratory at the Insti- mic forces, the installation instructions MÆRSK ENDEAVOUR.

12 onds the 500 ton heavy jacket was, lifted 2-3 metres free of the barge. It then only remained to release the moorings on the barge and tow it away, after which MÆRSK ENDEAVOUR could be jacked down and the jacket positioned exactly on the sea bed. Hereby the first and most critical part of the installation was com- plete. The next activity was the installation of the three 73 metres long steel piles, which had to be inserted precisely in the pile sleeves forming the three legs on the plat- form's substructure. Prior to sail-out, a watertight plug had been inserted in each end of the piles in order to make them buoyant. One by one the piles were laun- ched from the barge and towed under the drilling rig, which in the meantime had been jacked up to 72 metres above sea le- vel. Each pile was then hoisted up under the drilifloor and, by skidding the cantile- ver, the pile was positioned exactly above the pile guide and lowered into the pile sleeve. When all three piles were stabbed, the driving of each pile could start by means of the 13 metres long and 80 ton heavy hydraulic hammer, which had been brought on board the drilling rig. The hammer was hooked up, lowered down through the drilifloor, and slid on top of the pile. Each pile was then driven 50 me- tres down into the sea bed by the ham- mer, which was remote controlled from the deck of the rig. After the pile driving was completed, the hammer was retrie- ved and the jacket was now securely posi- tioned on the sea bed. After the top of the jacket had been cleared, everything was then ready for the installation of the 240 ton topside module. To be able to lift this, the barge was again carefully positioned under the cantilever, exactly under the were finalised and the weather criteria centre of the drilifloor. By means of a spe- defined. cially modified drill string, the topside In Esbjerg harbour everything was ready module was lifted free of the barge. Han- for departure and, as soon as the weather ging under the drilifloor, the topside was was acceptable, the transportation barge, skidded in above the jacket and was lowe- loaded with the platform components, red down to its final position on top of left for the Dagmar Field where MÆRSK the jacket. The intersection between the ENDEAVOUR was positioned ready for two main components of the platform the installation. was now wrapped with electric heatblan- The barge with the 51 metres high jacket kets, and when the temperature had rea- was carefully towed under the drilling rig ched 75° C, four welders could start on and positioned exactly under the 13 ton the 48 hours job of welding. sheave block, which was installed under Fourteen days after the jacket had been the drilifloor. From here two men were placed on the sea bed, the installation of lowered down on top of the jacket, where the first STAR platform was completed they arranged the hoisting of the heavy and for the first time a North Sea plat- lifting grommets up to the hooks on the form had been installed entirely by means sheave block, while the top was swinging The installation has been succesfully of a conventional drilling rig. heavily from side to side. completed and the last stage of the operation When everything was ready, in a few sec- is to lift the top module into place. PREBEN SØGAARD, Mærsk Olie og Gas

13 The Maersk Air Butterflies

The mock-up aircraft is in one of the Maersk Air hangars, and it's full speed ahead when the emergency exits are tested.

"It is a stimulating world to be in, the at- mark. Youngsters from Norway, Sweden Air's side - none of the participants has at mosphere is good at Maersk Air, and you and Finland also try their luck. that point been taken on, or gets any pay- can be sure that no butterflies are let ment from Maersk Air. loose after they have been trained" says Night school courses The minimum qualification for accept- Jørgen Jørgensen, who is a prospective Maersk Air is personally responsible for ance for the course is 2-3 years experience steward at Maersk Air. the training of its cabin crew, and the in a service industry, and it is generally The road to getting a chance to show what courses normally take place twice a year. young people from the hotel and res- one can do at Maersk Air as an air The training course lasts six-eight weeks, taurant business, the hospital service or hostess/steward can be long and hard, but at the end of which there is a test under the travel industry who are recruited. A that does not seem to frighten the young the supervision of the Aviation Autho- further demand from Maersk Air is that people off. A job in the air is still attract- rities. The course takes the form of night the Scandinavian languages can be be ive to young persons of both sexes, and school course from 6 pm to 10 pm on easily understood, and the applicants the many applications sent in to Maersk weekdays, and on Saturdays from 9 am to must be able to prove that they can speak Air every year are not just from Den- 5 pm. It is only an offer from Maersk English and German. If they have know-

14 ledge of any other languages it is an ad- the Faroe Islands and a flight to London - The positive things he heard about the vantage, but this is not an outright de- are purely trial trips, and the butterflies good working environment and being mand. have no fixed job on board, as they are part of an exciting and stimulating world The courses are given by Maersk Air's not yet part of the aircraft's fixed work made him apply to Maersk Air. own staff of teachers and high ranking team. Previously, the tendency was that young members of the cabin crew who have ex- After a 3-month working schedule in the girls applied to be taken on for a period of tensive flying time behind them. air, in which the butterflies have had a 2-3 years, whereas today it is much more As part of the subject "Emergency", the fixed place in the work team, Maersk Air usual for young people of either sex to ap- permanent training staff teach the parti- conducts a half-way assessment of the ply for permanent positions. The young cipants emergency help, and in this sub- butterflies and guidelines for the next persons concerned are interested in an ex- ject a mock-up of an aircraft - that is to three months are set. citing job, but at the same time they want say a dummy aircraft - is used. At the end of the mutual 6-month proba- to have time to develop their personal Every possible situation that could occur tionary period, the butterflies are taken qualities. Many of them study languages, in the air is practised, such as fire on on on a permanent basis as air hostesses/ one is studying law etc, but they usually board or engine failure, which includes stewards with Maersk Air. stay in their jobs despite being over quali- demonstrating how the crew can get the The working day always starts an hour fied and having advanced examinations passengers safely out of the aircraft. before the aircraft's estimated time of de- to their credit. The subject "Medical" is also a set subject parture, the first 10 minutes being spent "Passengers nowadays are used to travel- on the curriculum. "Medical" is one of on the "before flight briefing" and the re- ling, and it is important for both them the levels of the Danish Red Cross' first maining 50 minutes in the aircraft itself and for ourselves, that we are able to do aid course with training in resuscitation making sure that everything is ready be- more than just serve tea and coffee", says and treatment for shock. fore the passengers come on board. cabin instructor Anne Marie Waldeskog The above two subjects are obligatory ac- "The hour spent together before departu- Nielsen. cording to the demands of the Board of re means that we don't feel unsure of our- Civil Aviation, but the third subject selves when we are up in the air", says A cock-and-bull story taught is a Maersk Air speciality. Jørgen Jørgensen. The old pattern of sex roles is collapsing. "Maersk Air Special Training" is a ser- When the flight is over, the crew takes It is no longer just the men who do the vice-related subject which is taught by part in a check-out, or in the language of flying and the women who do the serving, members of the cabin crew. They have aviation, a "debriefing", which lasts half and today, for example, - one female pi- many years' experience of flying and a an hour. The flight is discussed, including lot and two female co-pilots have been ta- great deal of knowledge on how passen- the good points and if any misunderstan- ken on at Maersk Air. So it can easily gers can be served as efficiently as pos- dings occured, how these can be corrected happen that the pilot and co-pilot are wo- sible, as well as personal experience of the and avoided next time. men and the air hostess is a man. Maersk Air level of service. The duty period lasts for 14 days, which "The fact that there are both men and wo- Altogether, the aim of the practical trai- can be arranged, for instance, as a week men in a service job gives a much higher ning is to supplement the individual par- on domestic routes and a week's "sling", degree of collaboration, and because of ticipant's own personal qualities, which which means a period of over 5 consecu- this we can give better service to our cus- should include individuality, a sense of tive working days. During a sling period tomers" believes Anne Marie Waldeskog responsibility and the ability to keep on duty, the entire crew of an aircraft Nielsen. calm in any critical situation which may stays at hotels near the aircraft's destina- She has been flying with Maersk Air for occur in the rather special working envi- tion. After 14 days on duty, the crew gets 17 years and has taught the prospective ronment of an aircraft cabin. a week off. air hostesses/stewards for the last 10 years. The Butterfly Contract Qualified staff "It's just an old saying that we are just When they have successfully passed the Jørgen Jørgensen is 26 years old, has pas- flying waitresses, and that we should pre- examination, the young people are offe- sed the equivalent of an A-level examina- ferably look like photographic models. red a "butterfly contract". Now comes the tion, has attended EDP school and while What we are meant to do is give good, point in the training when the butterflies he was studying he had a job at another personal service, and that's what we do - "take to the air". The first three trips - for A.P.Møller company - Dansk Supermar- every time. example, a domestic flight, a flight to ked in Århus.

It is not only the butterflies at Maersk Air who are trained in First Aid. Twice a year the permanent cabin staff take part in a 2-day brush-up cour- se, and the dummy is a useful piece of equipment when heart massage is practised.

1502 India is the seventh largest country in the The Government of India has categorised The permanent North India Regional Office at world, with a total population in the re- Exports as a priority industry and accord- New Delhi gion of 800,000,000. ingly has, set up the Container Corpor- While the country consists of four well- ation of India Limited (CONCOR) in defined geographical regions, i.e. North, 1988 under the Ministry of Railways, fa- South, East and West, it is also divided cilitate Indian exports. 71 Container into 24 different States and eight cen- Freight Stations (CFS) and 23 Inland trally-administered Union territories. Container Depots (ICD) have been set up Office interior, with the staff celebrating There are 16 different languages in use, in such places as New Delhi, Ludhiana, Inauguration Day. e.g. Sanskrit, Urdu, Punjabi, English and Malyalem, to name just a few, and in ad- dition there are 1,652 different spoken dialects. The vastness of India is also reflected in the wide range of climatic conditions within the country. On August 6th 1990, MAERSK AGENCY INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED took over as agents for MAERSK LINE in India. The new company is a collabor- ation between the A.P. Møller Group and Ballarpur Industries Limited, the flagship company of the Thapar Group in India, which currently ranks fifth on the Indian corporate ladder. The Head Office is located in Bombay, with regional offices in New Delhi, Ma- dras and Calcutta. The agency currently employs a total of 93 members of staff, and the Managing Director is Mr. Tom Sørensen. The Agency will handle all MAERSK LINE Services in India, and is fully committed to contributing to the de- velopment of Multimodal Transport Sys- tems in India. 1500 Guwahati, Bangelore and Pune, to name The expansion of existing paper mills, a but a few. bottling plant, food-processing, and the Liner business in India is changing rap- export of shoes are just a few of the many idly, and shippers these days are far more new ventures underway. knowledgeable about shipping services. As opposed to previous practice, when RAVI CHOPRA, India shippers relied almost exclusively on freight bookers or custom house agents to control cargo direction, shippers today are slowly but surely increasing their con- trol. Consequently, shippers now insist on in- creased contact with the line representati- ves. MAERSK AGENZY INDIA is the first to INDIA GATE - New Delhi. The monument have a Liaison Office for the A.P. Møller completed in 1931, was built as a Tramping operation in India. The repre- memorial to the 70,000 Indian soldiers killed sentative of the Company is currently at in World War I. It also houses the Eternal the New Delhi Agency office, and soon Flame, a gesture in memory of the Indian after this desk was established, it was in- soldiers, who were killed in the war with strumental in coordinating MAERSK Pakistan in 1971. TUKANG's maiden voyage with 59,000 tons of bulk coal from Australia to In- dia. Another first, which occurred at the end of October 1990, was for a Panmax size vessel to be taken to the port of Haldia on the east coast of India. The MAERSK TUKANG was the first vessel of her size to discharge at Haldia after unloading part of its cargo at Paradip. In future, this CHANDNI CHOWK - will offer the Steel Authority of India the hub of old Delhi substantially increased cost effectiveness, with its narrow lanes by taking advantage of the large scale eco- and alleys, is another nomies made possible by this type of ves- world with its sel. traditional and skilled The Thapar Group, which has extensive craftmanship in silver interests in the paper, electronics and en- and gold, ivory and gineering products industries, is now for- silk, and heavy ging ahead with several new projects. Oriental perfumes. Amoco - Yizheng - and Maersk

Amoco Chemical, Chicago, marked their one millionth ton cargo transported by Maersk Line to Yiezheng Joint Corpor- ation, China. On Sunday 12th August, a 20-man del- egation from Amoco headed by Mr. R.M. Morrow, Chairman of the Board, Mr. R.D. Cadieux, President of Amoco Chemicals Co. and Mr. Kevin P. Lynch, President of Amoco Far East, arrived with their wives in Nanjing. Accompany- ing them was a Maersk delegation con- sisting of Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Zeuthen, Managing Director of Maersk Hong Kong Ltd. accompanied by his deputy Mr. Paul Lo, Mr. Danny Ho, PRC Oper- ation Manager and Mr. Pollex Chan, Manager of the Maersk Nanjing Rep- resentative Office. The delegations were received at Nanjing Airport by Mr. Ren Chuanjun, President of Yizheng Joint ; Corporation of Chemicalfibre Industry, warn and his wife. After having passed Maersk The permanent Maersk Line billboard in Nanjing. Even the policeman who put up the traffic Line's huge billboard at the entrance to sign showed good transportation sense.

17 the airport, they headed for Jinling Hotel Mr. Ren Chuanjun in time for a sumptuous opening Chinese and Mr. R.M. banquet hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Ren for Morrow inspect the the three parties involved, Yizheng, "Golden Bag" just Amoco and Maersk. On Monday mor- discharged from the ning the guests proceeded by boat on the special Maersk Yangtze River to Yizheng where in the container. open air (and 39°C) Mr. Morrow and Mr. Ren witnessed the safe delivery from Maersk of the "Golden Bag" containing ton No. 1,000,000. Another splendid Chi- nese lunch banquet followed, with many speeches of congratulation. Afterwards, the party proceeded to the Yizheng factory and witnessed the dis- charge of the "Golden Bag" into the pro- duction mix, from where, just a few hours later, it would appear in the form of po- Both in formal and informal speeches, gral part of the joint cooper ation bet- lyester fibre. The party then proceeded to Amoco and Yizheng expressed their satis- ween Amoco and Yizheng. "The success- visit the town of Yizheng itself - an im- faction with Maersk's considerable logis- ful completion of the 1,000,000 ton deli- pressive, modern society of 18,000 inha- tical success in organizing punctual and very is solely due to the flawless coopera- bitants consisting of housing, leisure time safe transportation of all their cargoes. tion between all three parties; Maersk has facilities, schools and a sports centre built The second million tons should be moved benefited from Yizheng's and Amoco's around the factory. This must surely be within the next four years. high standards and has hopefully sup- one of the most advanced facilities of its Mr. Zeuthen in his "a-million-congratula- plied valuable support through its own kind in China and all the visitors were ex- tions-on-a-million-tons" speech, con- expertise. We look forward to carrying tremely impressed. The day ended like veyed sincere wishes from Mr. Mærsk ton No. 2,000,000," said Mr. Zeuthen, the day before with another splendid Chi- Mc-Kinney Møller and expressed Maersk handing Mr. Morrow and Mr. Ren each a nese dinner, again hosted by Mr. and Line's appreciation of being an inte- commemorative silver plate and a Chine- Mrs. Ren and with the Vice Minister of se calligraphy. Textiles and the Vice Governor of Jiangsu The eventful days culminated in the pre- Province as guests of honour and some Mr. Ren and Mr. Morrow, displaying sentation of a ministerial licence for a 250 other guests. Maersk's commemorative gifts, flanked from new joint venture, Yizheng Amoco Fa- Thus in less than a day and half, three left by Mr. P. Lo. Mr. P. J. Early, President of brics Company Limited, which, in a few major meals consisting of some 45 deli- Amoco Production Co., Houston, Mr. R. D. years, will supply polypropylene fabrics cious courses were enjoyed by visitors Cadieux, President of Amoco Chemical to South East Asia. Maersk hopes to be a and hosts alike. Company and Mr. Zeuthen. party to this as well.

18 Rounding up...

"REGINA MÆRSK" in oils impressed by the lovely blue army corps to enter their colour, emphasized by the dif- property, which is directly un- The "REGINA MÆRSK" has work in public and private ferent coloured containers. der the Oakland/San Fran- been immortalized in a paint- collections throughout the She preferred to paint at a cer- sisco Bay Bridge, and pro- ing. U.S. and West Germany. She tain time of the day, when the vided a good view of the The 46" by 68" painting, in oil has discovered the joy of sun's rays hit the ship and the vessel. on linen, has been to the state painting industrial scenes, es- water in a special way. She The photograph shows the re- of New Mexico and is on its pecially harbour life, because spent time collaborating with sult. way to shows in Berlin, Mos- she finds beauty in the con- Maersk San Fransisco in order cow and finally New York trast of hard metal and wood to choose an appropriate City. against the more fluid qual- vessel and to establish when The artist, Ms. Jan Lassetter, ities of water and sky. the vessels would be in has been trained on three con- Ms. Lassetter chose to paint a Oakland. Then she had to ob- tinents, and has exhibited her Maersk vessel because she was tain permission from the local JENNIFER CARO, San Fransisco

The frigate Jylland

At the beginning of 1989, the vessel for the benefit of the A.P. Møller and Chastine Mc- frigate's patron, H.R.H. Kinney Møller Foundation Prince Henrik, and the Chair- undertook to pay for the resto- man of the Foundation, Mr. ration of the frigate Jylland, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, the which is in dry dock at Ebel- Director of the Foundation, toft. The task of bringing the Mr. Jørgen Petersen (left) 130-year old wooden vessel demonstrated how far the back to its former splendour is work had progressed in the the responsibility of the course of the last 18 months. Odense Steel Shipyard/Lindø, Farthest to the right is the which has promised that the Master Carpenter, Mr. Peter job will be completed by 1st Hansen of the Odense Steel April 1994. Shipyard. During a recent tour of the

On 2nd October 1990, Maersk boa, and the agency is an inde- Maersk Portugal Lda. Line opened its own office in pendent limited company. Portugal. Bent Andersen has been ap- For many years, D.A. Knud- sented the Shipping Compa- The MAERSK PORTUGAL pointed manager of the office. sen & Co. Ltd. has repre- ny's interest in Portugal. Lda. office is located in Lis-

19 Rounding up...

A solid relationship

A distinguished exhibition at Esplanaden On 20th September at the port forts made to strengthen such of Taichung, on the mid-west a solid relationship. The bust of A.P. Møller by hibition marked the start of a coast of Taiwan, the Commemorating this mile- Knud Nellemose in the recep- career in which busts, as well 5,000,000th ton of coal sup- stone in the business, a cel- tion area at Esplanaden is as athletics, have figured as plied to Maersk by the Pen ebration party was held at the there to greet us at least twice continuous themes. Coal Corporation was dis- Yuen Shan Club of Taipei on a day, and this Autumn we all The 82 year old artist has been charged ex m.s. MAERSK the evening of September 21st had the chance to become bet- awarded several medals, has SEBAROK. 1990. The photo shows Mr. ter acquainted with more of exhibited extensively at home The relationship between Derek R. Gibson, Managing the artist's work. and abroad, and has made Maersk and Pen Coal dates Director of Maersk Taiwan On 10th September, the A.P. busts of several of the most back to as early as March Ltd. S.A., Mr. Stanley Pen, Møller Art Society welcomed prominent personalities in 1985, when the first shipment Chief Executive of Pen Coal us to the opening of an exhi- Denmark. Knud Nellemose was fixed through an inter- Taipei and Mr. N. Strand bition of Knud Nellemose's produced the bust of A.P. mediary of Maersk Taiwan Nielsen, Vice President of the works, which was held in the Møller in 1967. Limited. It goes without say- Bulk & Special Vessels De- Shipping Company's canteen The picture shows the artist in ing that port offices, crew partment of A.P. Møller hand as the first exhibition of the conversation with Mr. Ulrik members as well as all col- in hand. 1990/91 season. Brandt and Mr. John Guld- leagues concerned have con- Knud Nellemose is con- brandsen, who are both mem- tributed their part to the ef- ALFRED HURD, Taipei sidered to be the the leading bers of the board of the Art Danish contemporary sculp- Society. tor, with a professional career The members of the Art So- spanning more than half a ciety are employees of the A.P. century. Møller Shipping Company He made his debut as a sculp- and Mærsk Olie and Gas, Co- tor in 1928 at the Artists' penhagen, and to date there Autumn Exhibition. This ex- are 600 members.

The town council, the techni- Thorkild Dahl Nielsen and cal services department and the Town Clerk, Mr. Morten body was extremely enthusi- to start up in the beginning of the industrial council from Knudsen, were shown around astic about having the chance the new year. Tinglev, where A.P. Møller's the production area. to look around a modern ship- One of the amusing gifts pre- container factory is under The round tour ended with a yard. sented to the Container Fac- construction, visited Lindø on visit on board Lindø 128, Mærsk Container Industri's tory at its Housewarming was 26th September. where the guests from Tinglev administration building was this little drawing sent by col- After being welcomed in the were given the opportunity of put into service on 15th Oc- leagues at the Odense Steel lecture theatre, the 37 guests seeing one of the container tober, and the actual produc- Shipyard. They called it "The headed by the Mayor, Mr. vessel's huge holds. Every- tion of containers is expected first Container Cargo".

20 Pensioners get together again

Once again, the A.P. Møller Managing Director Mikael Shipping Company invited re- Olufsen made a presentation tired members of staff to its of Rosti A/S, and everyone annual reunions. was extremely impressed by The arrangements were held the vast range of useful, every- at three separate central lo- day products manufactured cations in Denmark: on 8th by the company. September at Mærskgården This year, 250 former em- on Tåsinge, on 22nd Septem- ployees with their husbands/ ber at Dansk Supermarked in wives took part in the arrange- Århus and on 12th October at ments. Esplanaden. At all three locations dinner The pensioners heard the was served, and there was latest news from the Shipping plenty of lively conversation A new working environment Company a-pd the various de- among the pensioners, who in partments from Oscar Rosen- most cases only meet their for- in Hong Kong dahl Vice President, of the mer colleagues this one time Staff Department, and Bent E. during the year. Hansen, Executive Vice Presi- Many happy memories were dent and Jørgen Haagen Fre- revided - the picture at one of deriksen, General Manager, of the talks in the Projection the Technical Organisation. Theatre at Esplanaden. The Technical Manager of the Odense Steel Shipyard A/S, Preben Nielsen, gave an ac- count of Lindø's progress from its start in 1917 up to its present day position as a major, go-ahead workplace.

The changing of the seasons the Taoist priest during the from Summer to Autumn has ceremony. brought with it a new look for With this blessing, Maersk the Maersk Hong Kong office. Hong Kong is now well settled Through the joint efforts of into its new working environ- our designer and the Adminis- ment. On the second picture tration Department, the reor- the interior of the Documen- ganisation and redecoration tation Department is shown, of the office have finally been where Hong Kong clients can completed. wait in comfort while their This event was marked in true documents are being pro- Chinese style by a religious cessed. ceremony. The picture shows BEUNA CHICK, Hong Kong

25 years of plastic flowerpots

1st October 1990 marked the PLASTIC (UK) Ltd. and OS 25th anniversary of the start PLASTIC Inc. of production of plastic It also exports extensively to flowerpots at OS PLASTIC about 30 countries all over the A/S. The company began world. modestly in Birkerød, later oc- The majority of the staff at OS cupying rented premises in PLASTIC A/S have been part Vassingerod, and by 1975 it of the team for most of the was able to buy its own prem- time the company has existed, ises at Bygmarken 25 in Fa- and today form a sound basis rum. for OS PLASTIC A/S. In this Since then the premises have its anniversary year, the firm been extended several times, is fully equipped to meet the and finally - in 1988 - a large many challenges of the pre- warehouse and an adminis- sent day. tration building were added. OS PLASTIC is a subsidiary Today OS PLASTIC A/S is an of Rosti A/S. efficient and up-to-date firm with its own subsidiaries, OS MARIANNE MALTOW, Rosti

21 Personalia

ESPLANADEN THE FLEET THE YARD

25 Years Anniversary 1. Kirsten Bardrum 1 March 2. Heinz Lundberg 1 March

Retiring 3. Chonny Nielsen 25 Years Anniversary 1 February 1. Chief Engineer Hans Jørn Hansen 4. H.E. Claussen 1 January 1 March 2. Captain Niels Dahl Pind 5. Stig Barchager 22 January 1 March 3. Captain Aage Slifsgaard 29 January 4. Radio Officer Jørgen Berg 25 Years Anniversary 7 February 1. Jørgen Christensen 5. 1st Officer 11 January Mikkel Peter Mathias Kerlok 2. Frank Holst Olesen 14 February 25 January 3. Heinz Reiner Georg Gillmeister Retiring 1 February 6. Chief Engineer Kurt Jacobsen 4. Ole Toft Pedersen 15 October 1990 1 February 7. Chief Steward Steingrim Vid Stein 5. Lillian Larsen 31 January 15 February 6. Mogens Houmøller 1 March 7. Ove Preben Petersen 1 March 8. Karl Sølvbjerg Jørgensen 8 March

Retiring 9. Jørgen Petersen 31 January 10. Hugo L. Voss 31 January

1488 MAERSK DRILLING MÆRSK CONTAINER INDUSTRI

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

Finn Voigt Andersen, Herlev DISA Retiring 25 Years Anniversary 12 August 1. Orville Anquist 1. Vagn Rosenkilde Kristensen 29 December 1 February Johan F. W. Thygesen DANBOR SERVICE 26 August

MÆRSK OLIE OG GAS DISA Svend Aage Søfeldt The Yard 14 September

Rig Manager Tomislav Matkovic ex "MAERSK VENTURER" 12 October

25 Years Anniversary 25 Years Anniversary Second Officer 1. Elsebet Kristiansen 1. Frede Møller (Herlev) Ian M. Sharp 1 February 1 January ex "MAERSK ESSEX" 13 October

ROULUNDS ORGANISATIONS ABROAD

40 Years Anniversary 40 Years Anniversary 1. Mogens Granly 1. S. Fujii (Tokyo) 2 January 1 December

25 Years Anniversary 25 Years Anniversary 2. Hans J. Jensen 2. M. Kanda (Tokyo) 31 January 16 January 3. Ovin Carlsson (Norfolk Line) 3 March

1486 Rail transportation is an important part of Maersk Line's extensive inland transportation networks. The double stack trains in North America are up to 2.8 km long with capacities equivalent to 280 40' containers. Here is one of these trains in the Mojave desert in California on its way from Oakland to the U.S. Gulf.

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