A Danish shipping and logistics conglomerate founded in Svendborg in 1904 and headquartered in Copenhagen. It operates container shipping, port terminals and integrated supply chain services in over 130 countries and ranks among the largest container operators in the world.
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Founded Year SignificanceLong the benchmark scale player in containerized ocean freight. 1 The cited sentence is phrased historically; the article's current framing is among the largest container operators rather than the sole largest. Headquarters Connections
Exemplifies
A shipping line, the concept's own named example category
Operated By
Founded the company in 1904.
Source Wikipedia: A.P. Moller
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1. Wikipedia: Maersk
WikipediaHistory
founded in Svendborg in April 1904 by captain Peter Mærsk Møller
Transport and logistics
the world's largest overseas cargo carrier and operated over 600 vessels
Lead section
based in Copenhagen, Denmark
In Group: Shipping Lines, Lead sentence
A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S is a Danish shipping and logistics company founded in 1904 by Arnold Peter Møller and his father Peter Mærsk Møller.
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