About A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S

A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S operates as a shipping company worldwide. The company’s operations are divided into four principal geographical regions: Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Other regions. The A.P. Moller - Maersk Group comprises approximately 1,100 companies. Business Operations Container shipping and related activities Maersk Line is a container shipping company with a network that, as of December 31, 2008, comprised 464 container vessels with a total capacity of 1.9 million TEU. Safmarine is an independently managed shipping company within the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group with a network focused primarily on container transport to and from Africa. Safmarine operates a fleet of 41 container vessels and 21 MPVs (Multi Purpose Vessels). Maersk Logistics/Damco: Maersk Logistics/Damco operates in two business areas: Forwarding activities that are marketed under the Damco name and Global Supply Chain Management solutions under the name of Maersk Logistics. Container Inland Services: Container Inland Services is represented in approximately 70 countries with activities within rail and road transportation, container depots, and manufacturing and repair of containers. APM Terminals APM Terminals develops and operates container terminals and related activities and is engaged in approximately 50 terminals and terminal projects in 34 countries. APM Terminals provides services to approximately 60 customers. Tankers, offshore and other shipping activities Maersk Tankers: Maersk Tankers operates 118 vessels (both own and chartered) in the global market for transport of crude oil, refined oil products, petrochemical gases, and natural gas. Maersk Drilling and Maersk FPSOs: Maersk Drilling serves oil companies with drilling of exploration and production wells, while Maersk FPSOs operates floating oil and gas production and storage units. Besides their own fleet, Maersk Drilling and Maersk FPSOs also operate one FPSO and two semi-submersible rigs, as well as one jack-up rig, under management contracts. Maersk Drilling also has a 50% ownership interest in Egyptian Drilling Company, which operates 62 land rigs and three jack-up rigs. Maersk Supply Service: Maersk Supply Service provides global service to the offshore industry, including anchor handling, towage of drilling rigs and platforms, and supply transport. Svitzer: Svitzer has activities within towage, salvage and other offshore support. Svitzer is represented in approximately 100 ports and operates approximately 500 tugboats and standby vessels. Norfolkline B.V.: Norfolkline B.V. operates ferries, Ro-Ro vessels and door-todoor transportation in Europe, with the transport of 2.4 million passengers, approximately 700,000 vehicles, and 1.3 million trailers. Car carriers: The A.P. Moller - Maersk Group is a shareholder in Höegh Autoliners with an ownership share of 37.5%. Höegh Autoliners operates 67 car carriers in a global network with an annual transported volume of 1.9 million car units. Oil and gas activities Maersk Oil has production in Denmark, Qatar, Great Britain, and Kazakhstan. It participates in production activities in Algeria without being the operator. The company also conducts exploration activities in the Danish, British and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea, and in Algeria, Angola, Oman, Brazil, and the USA (the Gulf of Mexico). Retail activity The Dansk Supermarked Group comprises a range of retail concepts, such as Bilka (hypermarkets), Føtex (quality supermarkets), F. Salling (department stores), and Netto (discount supermarkets). Shipyards, other industrial companies, interest in Danske Bank A/S Odense Steel Shipyard Group: During 2008, the Odense Steel Shipyard Group delivered one 11,000 TEU and four 7,000 TEU container vessels to Maersk Line. Rosti: Rosti A/S develops and produces plastic components for industrial customers. Star Air A/S: Star Air A/S operates a fleet of 11 Boeing 767 cargo aircraft, primarily engaged in long-term contract flying for United Parcel Service (UPS) in Europe. Danske Bank A/S: The A.P. Moller - Maersk Group owns 20% of the shares in Danske Bank A/S, the Danish bank, which has operations in countries, such as Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Ireland, and Northern Ireland. History A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S was founded in 1904.