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(詳細はconglomerate more commonly known simply as Maersk. This article focuses on the history of the company. The beginnings of the A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group was the shipping company ''Dampskibsselskabet Svendborg'', founded by captain Peter Mærsk-Møller and his son Arnold Peter Møller (2 October 1876 - June 1965) in Svendborg, 1904. A.P. Møller had four children, one of whom was Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller. In 1939, he became a partner in the company. Following the death of A.P. Møller in June 1965, Mc-Kinney Møller became CEO of the company and held this post until 1993, when he was succeeded by Jess Søderberg. Beginning in 1965, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller also served as company chairman and did not relinquish this position until December 2003 (when he was 90 years old). He was still one of the "managing owners" of the company at the time of his death and was chairman of Odense Steel Shipyard until 2 May 2006. ==1886 - 1945: Beginnings to World War II== *1886: Captain Peter Mærsk-Møller buys his first steamship, the British-built S.S. ''Laura''. (Photo ) *1904: The Steamship Company Svendborg is founded by Captain Peter Mærsk-Møller and Arnold Peter Møller. The company's first ship was the British-built 2,200 tdw cargo steamer ''Svendborg''. *1912: Steamship Company of 1912 is founded by A.P. Møller. *1918-1919: A.P. Møller builds his own shipyard, the Odense Staalskibsvaerft near the Odense Canal in the city of Odense. Keels are laid for the first two ships. *May 1920: The newly erected Odense Yard delivers its first ship, the ''Robert Mærsk''. *1921: Odense Yard delivers its first diesel powered vessel ''Leise Mærsk'' to A.P. Møller. *1926: A.P. Møller enters into the tanker business and orders 5 motor tankers with 8,100 and 11,200 tdw. *1928: A.P. Møller begins the first liner service under the Name ''Mærsk Line'' with 6 motor ships, each 6000-7000 tdw on the Trans Pacific Route Far East - US West coast and via the Panama Canal to Baltimore. *Feb. 1928: A.P. Møller gets its first tanker, the 11.200 tdw motor tanker ''Emma Mærsk'', built by Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen. *March 1928: Odense Yard builds its first tanker, the 8,000 tdw M.T. ''Anna Mærsk''. *1930: A.P. Møller becomes the co-owner of the weapons factory ''Riffelsyndikatet''. In the following years he increases his share from 15 to 31.6%, to become the largest shareholder.〔''Mærsk · manden og magten'', p. 96〕 *1934: Mærsk Line gets the 9,000 tdw cargo motorship ''Nora Mærsk'' from Odense Yard, but after 2 years of service it sinks due to a fire in Indonesia. *Dec. 1936: The 16,500 tdw motortanker ''Eleonora Mærsk'' is delivered from the Deutsche Werft, Hamburg-Finkenwerder and is the biggest ship of the Mærsk fleet and also the largest single-crew motorship in the world. *1936: With the M.S. ''Francine'', A.P. Møller gets from Odense yard its first reefer vessel. It is chartered to J. Lauritzen A/S, Denmark. *1937: Mærsk Line receives two 9,000 tdw motor cargo ships from Bremer Vulkan. The vessels are named ''Marchen Mærsk'' and ''Grete Mærsk''. *1937: Odense Yard delivers two 7,000 tdw white-painted hull cargoships ''Gudrun Mærsk'' and ''Robert Mærsk'' with reefer capacity. *Feb. 1939: Odense Yard delivers the 9,200 tdw M.S. ''Laura Mærsk'' the largest cargo ship to the Mærsk fleet. *Sept. 1939: At the beginning of World War II, A.P. Møller is the second largest shipping company in Denmark with a total of 46 ships. *April 1940: On 8 April 1940, A.P. Møller issues ''Permanent Special Instruction One'' to the 36 Mærsk ships on the high seas. Should Denmark become involved in war, all ships were to report directly to the New York office and follow its instructions. No orders from Copenhagen were to be followed if not approved by the New York office. On the next morning, 9 April 1940, Germany invades Denmark and Norway, and Denmark surrenders the same day. On 24 April, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller is made a partner in the company, and on 26 April he and his wife leave Denmark. Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller manages the New York office throughout World War II. *June 1941: The United States takes control of foreign ships and the Mærsk fleet serves in the US Navy for the rest of the war. More than half of the Mærsk fleet is lost during the war. *10 May 1943: The ''Riffelsyndikatet'' company is sabotaged by members of the Danish resistance. A.P. Møller travels personally to Stockholm and requests of Danish newspaper Politiken's correspondent that he "tells London to put an end to sabotage", which "is harmful to Danish interests".〔''Mærsk · manden og magten'', p. 98〕 *22 June 1944: New sabotage action is taken by members of resistance group BOPA, who occupy ''Riffelsyndikatet'' and detonate a charge which prevents the resumption of production for the remainder of World War II . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of Maersk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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