ENGLISH SUMMARY MÆRSK POST NO. 2 - 1971 Cover Photographs which MAERSK AIR co-operate with This special job is carried out by a twin- Front Page: SAS and CIMBER AIR. engined jet, HS-125, called "JETTE This photograph was sent in by Mr. From November 1st 1971 DANAIR will MÆRSK", which is ideal for such trans- P. Nyeland Nielsen of MÆRSK DATA, run the following services: ports. Thanks to MAERSK AIR's 24-hour who took it in the Sound while approach- Copenhagen-Odense watch the pilots are always ready to take ing Copenhagen from the north. Copenhagen-Sønderborg off immediately on the arrival of the Copenhagen-Esbjerg ambulance. At a speed of almost 500 Page 23: Copenhagen-Stauning miles p.h. the kidney is flown to the nearest MÆRSK POST received this photo of the Copenhagen-Skrydstrup airport at the receiving end, where an- propeller of a 250,000 tdw. tanker from a Copenhagen-Billund other ambulance is ready to carry the kid- Lindø colleague. Copenhagen-Karup ney to the hospital. Copenhagen-Thisted Photo 1 Copenhagen-Faroe Islands. Pages 3 to 6: OY-APA landing at Copenhagen Air- MAERSK AIR, who reside at the Copen- MAERSK AIR - A. P. MOLLER port. The MAERSK AIR Fokkers all hagen Airport of Kastrup, have recently Air Activity have registration letters beginning with built their own hangar with adjoining ad- Every day MAERSK AIR planes start to- AP. ministration buildings. wards destinations in Denmark and MAERSK AIR staff at present comprises Photo 2 Europe. Many MÆRSK POST readers about 140 persons, 50 of which are air- Spare parts for the ships are often have probably already seen the blue-and borne. flown to Lisboan by MAERSK AIR. -white Fokker aircraft, and some of you Besides scheduled domestic services have probably thought that it was about Photo 3 MAERSK AIR carry out a number of char- time for MÆRSK POST to tell something MAERSK AIR cabin services comprise ter operations to destinations all over about this new branch of A. P. MOLLER sale of duty-free articles. Europe. activity. MAERSK AIR, which commenced commercial air services on January 1st During the past year the five turbo-jet- Photo 4 1970, are active in the following fields: aeroplanes of MAERSK AIR, type: Unusual "passengers" have used MAERSK AIR operate between Copen- "Fokker Friendship", have visited, largely MAERSK AIR. This photo shows a live hagen, Odense, Stauning, Thisted and the speaking, all big European cities in con- dolphin being taken onboard at Bel- Faroe Islands. Odense is covered on nexion with their charter operations. This dringe. During the trip to Copenhagen weekdays by five daily flights both ways. type and size of aeroplanes has proved the dolphin had to be sprinkled with Stauning is covered through two flights, ideal for most passenger units or groups. water and to be covered with moist both services operated under MAERSK In the freight market many interesting rags. The dolphin looked singularly fit AIR's own name. tasks have been carried out by MAERSK at the arrival in Copenhagen, and surely AIR, for instance: he had enjoyed his first trip by air and Thisted is covered twice daily on charter the unusual cabin service arranged for to SAS. Live dolphins from Beldringe to Copen- him. The Faroe Islands have four weekly con- hagen nexions with Copenhagen via Bergen, 10,000 chickens to Paris Very large spare parts for ships in the also on charter to SAS. In the peak season, Pages 6 to 9: Mediterranean during the summer, there are ten weekly U.S. COAST GUARD Morning newspapers to the Danish connexions. The U.S. Coast Guard dates its origin countryside In order to get the best utilization of the from Aug. 4, 1790, when the First Con- Danish salami to England. aeroplanes used in the domestic services, gress authorized the construction of a Danish airway companies have for a long One special task carried out by MAERSK revenue fleet known as the Revenue time worked at close co-operation in this AIR should be mentioned, namely the Marine. The Revenue Marine, later known field. These negotiations have recently re- transportation of kidneys for transplan- as the Revenue Cutter Service, ulti- sulted in the foundation of DANAIR, in tations in Scandinavia and also in Europe. mately developed into the present-day Coast Guard. However, the modern era of mid-North Atlantic. By 1963, it covered avoid interfering with buoy operations, the Service began on Jan. 28,1915, when the entire North Atlantic. which are capable of delivering their 250 Pres. Wilson signed legislation combining The maritime community's response to horsepower apiece thrust in any direction. the Revenue Cutter Service and the AMVER was so enthusiastic that a more This, plus the convenience of her bow- historic Life Saving Service into a single advanced data processing center and thruster, enables her to perform the deli- organization to be called the U.S. Coast additional communications facilities were cate buoy-maintenance manoeuvres easi- Guard. installed late in 1964, extending AMVER ly. The United States Coast Guard is respons- coverage to the South Atlantic and into ible for a wide range of duties which are the Pacific by mid-1965. Page 10: concerned with maintaining safety and The list of data on page 6 is an example of Unusual Truck order upon the high seas and navigable the computerized information on which The newest vehicle at the Lindø Yard for waters subject to the jurisdiction of the rescue actions may be based. The map trucking sections to the newbuildings was United States. shows where cutters and aircraft are delivered during the summer of 1969. The This role includes maintenance of more stationed. 30 by 65 feet truck body easily carries than 42,000 aids to navigation-lighthous- The photo on page 7 shows the HH-3F 320 tons at a time, and the 80 wheels, es, buoys, bells, etc.-along 40,000 miles helicopter, newest addition to the Coast grouped in fours, are connected hydraulic- of waters; lifesaving activities; removal of Guard aviation fleet. The Coast Guard's ally, enabling them to move over uneven derelicts and other menaces to naviga- search and rescue (SAR) mission is being surfaces as well as on concrete roads. tion; marine inspection; Oceanographic handled more and more by aircraft due to Research; ice-breaking; medical aid to theirspeed.To keep upwith developments, Page 11: seamen; law enforcement on the high the Coast Guard is finding it necessary to Models of Engine-room seas and navigable waters of the United add to its aviation capabilities modern air- The colour photo shows a young lady States; the prevention of smuggling; craft such as the HH-3F helicopter. working at a model of the engineroom of patrol of the North Pacific Ocean and Powered by two gas turbine engines, it the first 283,000 tdw. MÆRSK tanker, Bering Sea to regulate the taking of fur- has a capacity of 1,500 horsepower at scale 1 :20. bearing sea mammals and fish; aid during takeoff and can cruise at a speed of The 3-dimensional model far surpasses flood and hurricanes; maintenance of the 130 knots. With a range of nearly 700 conventional drawings when experts try International Ice Patrol to report the miles (for a round-trip), The HH-3F offers to vizualize how an ever-increasing num- amount of iceberg drift for the benefit of the Coast Guard a real asset to its SAR ber of machinery components may be vessels crossing the North Atlantic. capabilities, The "chopper" is also equip- built into a ship's hull, without infringing To carry out its many functions, the Coast ped with the most sophisticated electronic on the amount of space reserved for Guard has a fleet of more than 2,900 and instrument systems installed in a cargo. floating craft of all types plus 200 fixed search and rescue helicopter. and rotary-wing aircraft. The cutter on page 8 is the USCGC Page 12 and 13: On Governor's Island, in the shadow of MORGENTHAU, one of the new 378-foot New Supply and Towing Vessels New York's skyscrapers, stands a building class of high endurance cutters. These Besides the four vessels ordered with whose interior is filled with electronic vessels, having some of the most modern Aarhus Flydedok og Maskinkompagni communications gear. In an atmosphere equipment aboard, are serving to modern- A/S, four sisterships will be delivered charged with tension lights flash on and ize the Coast Guard and improve search from the Rolandwerft at Bremen. The off, and a high-speed computer chatters and rescue capabilities. Used as Ocean ships are expected during 1971 and 1972. noisily as Coast Guardsmen receive and Station Vessels, they also do patrol work, All vessels are specially designed for tow- transmit messages from around the world. serve as scientific observation platforms ing, anchor-handling and servicing oil- This is the heart of the world's most ex- and assist in search and rescue efforts. drilling platforms world-wide. Vessels tensive electronic search and rescue com- The rapid pace of marine technology is have twin screws fitted with Kort-Nozzles, munications system, AMVER. The name obvious in the new concept in buoy twin rudders, bow thrusters, and indicated is an abbreviation for Automated Mer- tenders such as the CGC TERN; seen on HP in excess of 5,000 giving them a chant Vessel Report system, in operation page 9. cruising speed of 13 knots and a bollard since July 18,1958. Conventionally designed buoy tenders en- pull in excess of 45 short tons.