In 1967 the firm won the contract for the Port of Long Beach, in cooperation with Matson Shipping and SeaLand, to design one of the world's first dedicated container terminals, a pivotal moment for the firm, which was to become a global leader in container terminal planning and design. 197...
DSR-Senator Lines still managed itself independently, though this transaction marked the first foreign acquisition of a majority interest in a German shipping company. With the purchase, Hanjin Shipping became the fourth largest container carrier in the world based on cargo volume, after Sealand ...
Meanwhile an emphasis on research resulted in the development of new products, which included Germ Processed Motor Oil and Bronze Gasoline, touted as a high-performance fuel. To reduce company debt, Moran focused the company's attention on domestic operations. In 1933 the Sealand Petroleum Company...
1973- added first container ship to fleet;November 1999- acquired Sea-Land Corporation (70 vessels, container terminals, liner service) from CSX Corporation; new shipping company named M�rsk Sealand;2005- M�rsk Olie og Gas AS acquired majority of Kerr-McGee’s UK oil, gas interests;...
1967: Principality of Sealand established by Paddy Roy Bates, becomes the first nation-state formed from an artificial territory (an abandoned oil rig), off the coast of Great Britain,... 1967: Gaston Defferre challenges French officials to a duel in Paris,... 1967: Siege of Phoenix; Hopi...
A.P. Møller - Maersk A/S (A.P. Møller), known throughout the world for its Maersk shipping line, is a diversified conglomerate operating in the shipping, oil and gas, shipbuilding, retail, IT, and other industries. The company's Maersk Sealand shipping operation is the world's lead...
The shift was a major loss for the state-owned PSA, which had lost 10 percent of its container volume the year before due to economic slowdown and the Danish global container liner Maersk Sealand's shift to PTP. Maersk, the largest container shipping company in the world, moved 1.8 million...