Maersk

gCaptain’s full coverage of A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk), one of the world’s leading container transportation companies.


Monday, December 5, 2011
Press Releases

New Zealand’s Port of Auckland loses major shipping line service

Ports of Auckland has postponed today’s mediation with the Maritime Union of New Zealand – Local 13 (MUNZ) after hearing this morning that it had

December 5, 2011
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Maersk Cuts Forecast, Warns of Industrywide Overcapacity
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Maersk Cuts Forecast, Warns of Industrywide Overcapacity

COPENHAGEN—A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S cut its full-year forecast, warning of industrywide overcapacity for the next couple of years, as the company’s

November 9, 2011
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
A.P. Moller-Maersk Sells LNG Fleet For $1.4 Billion

A.P. Moller-Maersk Sells LNG Fleet For $1.4 Billion

COPENHAGEN—Danish industrial conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S said Wednesday it has reached a deal to sell its liquefied-natural-gas transport unit

October 12, 2011
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Maersk Line Opts For Price War On Asia-Europe Routes [REPORT]
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Maersk Line Opts For Price War On Asia-Europe Routes [REPORT]

COPENHAGEN (Dow Jones)–The world’s largest container shipping company Maersk Line is stepping up the price competition on Asia-Europe routes in an

October 5, 2011
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MAERSK:  Fundamental Changes to Voyage Plans may be Forthcoming [STUDY]
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MAERSK: Fundamental Changes to Voyage Plans may be Forthcoming [STUDY]

The world’s largest container ship company, A.P. Moller-Maersk, is looking to save the environment and maintenance costs by doing something that most

October 5, 2011
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Monday, October 3, 2011
Maersk Line, Limited Welcomes Ice-Classed U.S.-Flag Tanker To Its Fleet
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Maersk Line, Limited Welcomes Ice-Classed U.S.-Flag Tanker To Its Fleet

A.P. Moller – Maersk Group’s U.S. arm Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) last week celebrated the naming of its first ice-classed and fourth U.S. flag

October 3, 2011
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Maersk Line Limited, Rickmers-Linie Announce U.S. Flagged Heavy-lift Partnership
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Maersk Line Limited, Rickmers-Linie Announce U.S. Flagged Heavy-lift Partnership

Maersk Line, Limited and Rickmers-Linie this week announced a joint venture to provide U.S. customers with heavy-lift breakbulk and project cargo shipping

September 21, 2011
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Monday, August 29, 2011
Maersk Goes Bananas
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Maersk Goes Bananas

Who knew bananas were such a hot item in Europe? Today, Maersk Line announced a weekly liner service linking Ecuador with Spain, Turkey and the Black Sea. 

August 29, 2011
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Pentagon paid $720m in container rental late fees [REPORT]
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Pentagon paid $720m in container rental late fees [REPORT]

Photo Credit: Maersk Line And you thought your late fees at the movie store were starting to add up? According to a report published by USA TODAY, the Pentagon

August 29, 2011
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Elly Maersk Line shipping containership
News

MAERSK: Deteriorating global economy putting pressure on shipping industry

Image courtesy Maersk By Flemming Emil Hansen, Dow Jones & Co COPENHAGEN—Shipping and oil company A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S warned Wednesday that new

August 17, 2011
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
MAERSK-WORLD-ocean-council
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Maersk Joins The World Ocean Council

A.P. Moller – Maersk Group, the world’s largest container shipping company, has joined the World Ocean Council to support global leadership and

July 6, 2011
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Friday, July 1, 2011
Maersk Line, Limited Wins Ice-Strengthened Tanker Time Charter From MSC
Navy

Maersk Line, Limited Wins Ice-Strengthened Tanker Time Charter From MSC

Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) has been awarded a long-term time charter of an ice-strengthened tanker to support the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command

July 1, 2011
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Maersk Line triple E
News

Maersk Line: No Plans To Exercise 3rd Triple-E Tranche Option

COPENHAGEN (Dow Jones)–Danish Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company, has no intention of exercising an option that would

June 28, 2011
Total Views: 90

Monday, June 27, 2011
Maersk Line: Make it twenty Triple-E’s
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Maersk Line: Make it twenty Triple-E’s

Today, Maersk Line announced that it has exercised its option with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding (DSME) for ten additional “Triple-E”

June 27, 2011
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Maersk “likely” to exersize option on ten Triple-E mega ships
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Maersk “likely” to exersize option on ten Triple-E mega ships

MOSCOW (Dow Jones)–Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S (MAERSK-B.KO) is likely to exercise an option to order ten large container ships from

June 21, 2011
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Saturday, June 18, 2011
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News

Maersk Oil announces $1B North Sea Field Development Investment

Maersk Oil, a fully-owned subsidiary of the A. P. Moller – Maersk Group, has approved its investment of $1 billion in the Field Development Plan for the

June 18, 2011
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Maersk Line CEO calls for change in container shipping industry
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Maersk Line CEO calls for change in container shipping industry

Today, Maersk Line CEO, Eivind Kolding, addressed the container shipping and logistics industry as the keynote speaker at the TOC conference in Antwerp,

June 7, 2011
Total Views: 28

Thursday, May 26, 2011
Buckskin prospect gets U.S. deepwater drilling permit
Offshore

Buckskin prospect gets U.S. deepwater drilling permit

Maersk Oil is participating in a new deepwater well in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico after operator Chevron received a drilling permit from the Bureau of Ocean

May 26, 2011
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
EU Raids Shipping Companies in Anti-Trust Probe
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EU Raids Shipping Companies in Anti-Trust Probe

BRUSSELS—The European Commission raided the offices of shipping lines in a probe of possible price fixing, the first step in an investigation that could

May 17, 2011
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Maersk LNG Goes Up For Sale
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Maersk LNG Goes Up For Sale

A.P. Moller-Maersk has said in a statment that the group is looking to divest its LNG unit despite better performance from most units and a Q1 profit increase

May 11, 2011
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