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1#150#20#"Ariel", 1, 14#00005f#250#15#1876
1#150#35#"Ariel", 0, 12#000000#150#15#Birth of Arnold Peter Møller.

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1#610#195#"Ariel",1,14#00005f#150#15#1904
1#610#210#"Ariel", 0, 12#000000#350#15#Together with his father, Captain Peter Mærsk Møller, Arnold Peter Møller founds the Steamship Company Svendborg (Aktieselskabet Dampskibsselskabet Svendborg). Purchase of the first vessel "Svendborg" and uses the seven-pointed star emblem on the funnel /n 

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1#900#50#Ariel", 1, 12#00005f#150#15#The first office
1#900#65#Ariel", 0, 12#000000#150#15#A.P. Møller's childhood home, Villa Anna, on Høje Bøgevej in Svendborg. The house was built in 1883 and became the first office of the company.

1#1310#160#"Ariel", 1, 14#00005f#150#15#1912
1#1310#175#"Ariel", 0, 12#000000#150#15#Shipowner A.P. Møller founds the Steamship Company of 1912 (Dampskibsselskabet af 1912 Aktieselskab) based in Copenhagen. The Maersk Fleet counts 6 vessels

1#1740#160#"Ariel", 1, 14#00005f#250#15#1917/18
1#1740#175#"Ariel", 0, 12#000000#150#15#Shipowner A.P. Møller founds his own shipyard, The Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd. In 1918 the Maersk Fleet counts 13 vessels with a total deadweight of 28,555 tons.

1#2050#20#"Ariel", 1, 14#00005f#400#15#1928
1#2050#35#"Ariel", 0, 12#000000#400#15#Under the name MAERSK LINE, A.P. Møller establishes a regular liner service linking the USA and the Far East. The first tankers - five vessels - are added to the Maersk Fleet, which by the end of that year counts 35 vessels with a total deadweight of 163,295 tons. 

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1#2495#140#"Ariel", 1, 14#00005f#250#15# 1940 
1#2495#155#"Ariel", 0, 12#000000#150#15#Germany occupies Denmark. A.P. Møller's son Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller becomes a partner in the firm of A.P. Møller and moves to the USA

1#2880#35#"Ariel", 1, 14#00005f#250#15#1943
1#2880#50#"Ariel", 0, 12#000000#150#null#Foundation of Moller Steamship Company Inc.   

1#3250#150#"Ariel", 1, 14#00005f#250#15#1945
1#3250#165#"Ariel", 0, 12#000000#150#15#At the end of World War II 148 Maersk seamen had lost their lives while the Maersk Fleet had lost 25 vessels. The majority of the vessels were engaged in allied service under British or US flag. The remaining fleet counts 21 vessels with a total deadweight of 126.684 tons.

1#3550#100#"Ariel", 1, 14#00005f#250#15#1947
1#3550#115#"Ariel", 0, 12#000000#250#15#Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller returns from the USA.   

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1#4000#210#"Ariel", 1, 14#00005f#250#15#1955
1#4000#225#"Ariel", 0, 12#000000#250#15#The Maersk blue colour is introduced on the hull of the vessels.

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1#4740#200#"Ariel", 1, 14#00005f#250#15#1959
1#4740#215#"Ariel", 0, 12#000000#150#15#The Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd. establishes its new yard Lindø.

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1#4990#30#"Ariel", 1, 14#00005f#250#15#1962
1#4990#45#"Ariel", 0, 12#000000#150#15#Shipowner A.P. Møller is granted the concession for oil and gas exploration and production in the entire Danish area.

1#5390#130#"Ariel", 1, 14#00005f#250#15#1964
1#5390#145#"Ariel", 0, 12#000000#150#15#Establishes Dansk Supermarked A/S in partnership with F. Salling A/S.

1#5800#165#"Ariel", 1, 14#00005f#250#15#1965
1#5800#180#"Ariel", 0, 12#000000#150#15#Shipowner A.P. Møller dies at the age of 88 and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller assumes the leadership of the A.P. Moller Group. The Maersk Fleet counts 88 vessels with a total deadweight of 1,692,967 tons.

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1#6260#220#"Ariel", 1, 12#00005f#250#15#1970
1#6260#235#"Ariel", 0, 12#000000#250#15#Maersk Air is established

1#6700#130#"Ariel", 1, 14#00005f#150#15#1972
1#6700#145#"Ariel", 0, 12#000000#150#15#First oil production from the Dan Field in the North Sea.