e 55.6874472 n 12.5981333 e 55.6874472 ; 12.5981333 a.p. m ller m rsk a s maersk head office type publicly traded aktieselskab traded as nasdaq copenhagen maersk a maersk b industry conglomerate founded 1904 founders arnold peter m ller chairman headquarters copenhagen denmark key people s ren skou group ceo products container shipping and terminals logistics and freight forwarding ferry and tanker transport semi submersible drilling rigs and fpsos oil and gas exploration and production shipyards store retail revenue us 47.569 billion 2014 1 operating income us 11.919 billion 2014 1 profit us 5.195 billion 2014 1 total assets us 68.844 billion 2014 1 total equity us 42.225 billion end 2014 1 number of employees 89 000 average 2013 2 website www.maersk.com maersk container a.p. moller maersk group danish a.p. m ller m rsk a s danish pronunciation p e m l m sg also known as maersk is a danish business conglomerate . 3 a.p. m ller maersk group has activities in a variety of business sectors primarily within the transportation and energy sectors . it has been the largest container ship operator and supply vessel operator in the world 4 since 1996 . 5 as of september 2016 the company is in the process of splitting its shipping and energy interests into separate divisions . 6 a.p. m ller maersk group is based in copenhagen denmark 7 with subsidiaries and offices in more than 135 countries worldwide and around 89 000 employees . 2 it ranked 148 on the forbes global 2000 list for 2015 . 8 contents 1 history 1.1 emblem 2 business areas 2.1 container shipping and related activities 2.1.1 maersk line 2.1.2 mcc transport 2.1.3 seago line 2.1.4 safmarine 2.1.5 damco 2.1.6 maersk line limited 2.1.7 other 3 apm terminals 4 tankers offshore and other shipping activities 4.1 maersk tankers 4.2 maersk drilling 4.3 svitzer 4.4 maersk supply service 4.5 ardent 4.6 other 5 oil and gas activities 6 retail activity 7 other activities 7.1 maersk training 7.2 star air 7.3 european rail shuttle b.v. 7.4 world robot olympiad 8 entry level programmes in a.p. moller maersk 8.1 maersk education 9 piracy 10 controversies 10.1 labor practices in el salvador and china 10.2 overcharging allegations of us government in iraq and afghanistan 10.3 business with sudan 10.4 business with iran 11 see also 12 references 12.1 citations 12.2 sources 13 external links history edit main article history of maersk the ss laura in svendborg denmark a.p. m ller maersk group started as the shipping company dampskibsselskabet svendborg danish for svendborg steamship company founded by captain peter m rsk m ller and his son arnold peter m ller 2 october 1876 june 1965 in svendborg april 1904 . a.p. m ller had four children all by his first wife chastine estelle roberta mc kinney . a.p. m ller s second child was arnold m rsk mc kinney m ller 13 july 1913 16 april 2012 . in 1939 m rsk mc kinney m ller became a partner in the company . following the death of a.p. m ller in june 1965 he became ceo of the company and held this post until 1993 when he was succeeded by jess s derberg . beginning in 1965 m rsk mc kinney m ller also served as company chairman and did not relinquish this position until december 2003 90 years old when the chairmanship was taken over by michael pram rasmussen . m rsk mc kinney m ller was until his death one of the managing owners of the company and was chairman of odense steel shipyard until 2 may 2006 . 3 emblem edit p.m. m ller 1836 1927 who was a deeply religious christian attached a blue banner with a white seven pointed star on both sides of the black chimney on the steamship laura when his wife recovered from illness . in a letter to his wife p.m. m ller explained in october 1886 the little star on the chimney is a memory of the night when i prayed for you and asked for a sign if a star would appear in the gray and cloudy sky it would mean that the lord answers prayers . the same star later became the emblem of the maersk group . 9 business areas edit a.p. moller maersk s activities are organised into several main business segments container shipping and related activities ; apm terminals ; tankers training offshore and other shipping activities ; oil and gas activities ; retail activity ; and shipyards other industrial companies interest in danske bank etc. 3 in may 2014 the company lifted its first quarter net profit to 1.02 bn as a result of maersk line improving its operations . 10 container shipping and related activities edit container shipping and related activities is the largest business area for a.p. moller maersk providing almost half of the group s revenue in 2008 . it comprises worldwide container services logistics and forwarding solutions and terminal activities under the brand names maersk line safmarine and damco . 11 since 1996 m rsk is the largest container shipping company in the world . 5 maersk line edit m rsk kalamata in seattle harbor eleonora m rsk one of the e class vessels main article maersk line the largest operating unit in a.p. moller maersk by revenue and staff around 25 000 employees in 2012 12 is maersk line . in 2013 the company described itself as the world s largest overseas cargo carrier and operated over 600 vessels with 3.8 million 13 twenty foot equivalent unit teu container capacity . as per september 2015 being still the largest container fleet it holds 15.1 % of the global teu . 14 in 2006 the largest container ship in the world to that date the e class vessel emma maersk was delivered to maersk line from odense steel shipyard . 15 seven other sisterships have since been built and on 21 february 2011 maersk ordered 10 even larger container ships from daewoo the triple e class each with a capacity of 18 000 containers . the first were delivered in 2013 . 16 it held options for 10 20 more 17 18 19 and in june 2011 placed follow on orders for a second batch of ten sisterships to the same design with the same shipyard but cancelled its option for a third batch of ten . as of february 2010 maersk had an order book for new ships totalling 857000teu including options on the triple e class ; that backlog is larger than the existing fleet of the fourth largest line evergreen line . 5 maersk line cooperated with the us navy on testing 7 100 % algae biofuel on the maersk kalmar in december 2011 . 20 21 in january 2012 s ren skou took over as ceo of maersk line from eivind kolding . 22 23 later that year the company ceased its business in iran in order to prevent potential damage in the company s business with western countries particularly the us due to the sanctions regime led by those countries . 24 mcc transport edit mcc transport is the maersk group s intra asia specialist focusing on the delivery of containerized cargo services in the dynamic and fast growing intra asia market through an extensive feeder network and a customer focused team of professionals . seago line edit seago line is a subsidiary shipping line which serves ports with the mediterranean . 25 safmarine edit safmarine is an independently operated shipping company in the a.p. moller maersk group with roots in africa . it operates a fleet of more than 40 container vessels and more than 20 multi purpose vessels mpv s . 26 the company has five container vessels and four mpv s on order for delivery in 2009 2011 . needs update 27 damco edit damco is the combined brand of the maersk group s logistics activities previously known as maersk logistics and damco . 11 damco has 10 800 employees in offices in more than 93 countries . 11 and is involved in supply chain management and freight forwarding solutions all over the world . damco is the seventh largest freight forwarding company in the world . maersk line limited edit maersk line limited is a us based subsidiary of a.p. moller maersk group which manages a fleet of us flag vessels and provides u.s. federal government agencies and their contractors with transportation and logistics services . headquartered in norfolk virginia 28 it manages the world s largest fleet of us flag vessels . beginning with a relatively small number of vessels focused on handling commercial and us federal government subsidised cargoes mll s fleet of vessels engaged in commercial liner services . other edit maersk container industry a s container manufacturing with factories in chile san antonio china dongguan and qingdao and headquarters in denmark tinglev . 3 container inland services includes depots equipment repair trucking container sales and related activity . 3 maersk global service center maersk gsc operates the official shared service centers that handle back office off shore activities for ap moller maersk group . gscs are located in chennai mumbai pune chengdu and metro manila . apm terminals edit main article apm terminals apm terminals at portsmouth virginia usa a.p. moller maersk s independent apm terminals business unit with its separate headquarters in the hague netherlands operates a global port terminal and inland services network with interests in 57 ports and container terminals in 36 countries on five continents as well as 155 inland services operations in 48 countries . port and terminal operations include europe algeciras aarhus bremerhaven gda sk gioia tauro gothenburg le havre oslo portsmouth port of poti rotterdam zeebrugge . north america port of montreal charleston stevedoring operations houston jacksonville los angeles miami mobile port elizabeth portsmouth tacoma . south america buenos aires itajai pecem callao middle east aqaba bahrain salalah port said asia cai mep colombo dalian guangzhou kobe laem chabang mumbai pipavav qingdao tanjung pelepas tianjin shanghai xiamen yokohama . africa abidjan apapa cotonou douala luanda monrovia onne pointe noire port elizabeth tangier tema . new projects under construction rotterdam maasvlakte ii lim n santos savona wilhelmshaven tankers offshore and other shipping activities edit tankers offshore and other shipping activities was responsible for 8.8 % of maersk s revenue in 2008 and posted 25 % of the group s profit for this period . the business segment comprises maersk tankers maersk supply service maersk drilling maersk fpsos maersk lng and svitzer . 11 maersk tankers edit employing over 3 900 workers maersk tankers is involved in transportation of oil and gas product among others . as of july 2009 maersk tankers operates 140 vessels 20 crude carriers 91 product tankers 21 gas carriers 8 lng carriers for liquefied natural gas . all maersk tankers tankers are double hulled an environmental requirement in much of the world following the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill and other serious oil spills . 27 since 2009 the company along with other operators has used slow steaming ; reducing speed to minimize fuel consumption and decrease yearly capacity . 29 maersk drilling edit main article maersk drilling maersk drilling supports global oil and gas production by providing high efficiency drilling services to oil companies around the world . 30 maersk drilling owns 24 rigs . the fleet includes six ultra harsh jack ups four xl enhanced jack ups including one newbuild which is set for delivery in late 2016 four harsh jack ups two premium jack up four semi submersibles and four ultra deepwater drillships . 30 maersk drilling is among others a market leader in challenging norwegian jack up market with a market share of 7 out of 12 rigs 2016 . svitzer edit svitzer was founded in 1833 and is the global leader of towage and marine services with a fleet of over 400 tugs line handlers and other vessels . the