E N G L I S H S U M M A R Y

M Æ R S K P O S T N O . 3 - 1 9 6 8

Cover Photographs Front Page: C h a n g e of f lags at M a l m ö on M a y 2 8 t h

w h e n the M Æ R S K f leet took over th e

" C L A R A M Æ R S K " , th i rd and last of t h r e e

C ships built by Kockum's .

P a g e 2 3 : Photo by M r . Søren V e d e l .

Page 3

G r a n d m o t h e r ' s N a m e : When Miss Ane

M æ r s k M c - K i n n e y Møl ler , y o u n g e s t

daughte r of Mr . M æ r s k M c - K i n n e y M ø l -

ler, n a m e d a n e w liner " C H A S T I N E

M Æ R S K " at Bergen o n Apri l 2 7 t h , it w a s

the sixth t ime in t h e history of th e M Æ R S K

f leet tha t the n a m e Chast ine w a s g iven

to o n e of the ships. A l ready in 1 9 1 0 Mr .

A . P. Møl le r chose his wi fe 's n a m e for a

n e w b u i l d i n g , the " C H A S S i E M Æ R S K " ,

using the short f o r m of Mrs . M ø l l e r ' s

n a m e . It w a s used aga in in 1 9 2 0 , after

the first ship had b e e n t o r p e d o e d in 1 9 1 6 ;

and in 1 9 2 3 , 1 9 4 5 and 1 9 5 3 ships

bear ing the n a m e " C H A S T I N E M Æ R S K "

w e r e built by O d e n s e .

Pages 4 to 6 Great News From Undo T h e first tanker of t h e 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 t o n class

w a s n a m e d at L indø o n J u n e 21s t . It w a s

a turb ine tanker for Shel l Tankers ( U . K . )

L imited, London . It w a s s p o n s o r e d by

Mrs . P. G. G r i m s h a w , w h o s e h u s b a n d is

director of f i n a n c e and p l a n n i n g co-

ordinator of Shel l Pe t ro leum N . V . and

T h e Shell P e t r o l e u m C o m p a n y L imi ted .

T h e ship w a s n a m e d " M A R I N U L A " .

W i t h her 1 9 6 , 0 0 0 t o n s the n e w b u i l d i n g

is the largest ship so far built at O d e n s e

or by any Danish shipyard. It is o n e of a

series of three o rdered by Shel l tankers .

T h e first of these , m.t . " N A T I C I N A " del i -

ve red on S e p t e m b e r 2 6 t h , 1 9 6 7 , w a s of

1 1 5 , 0 0 0 tons, w h e r e a s N o . 3 like N o . 2

wi l l be in t h e 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 t o n class.

T h e m a i n particulars of t . t . " M A R I N U L A "

are:

L e n g t h o.a 1 0 7 7 ' 1"

- p.p 1 0 2 6 ' 1 1 "

Breadth 1 4 3 ' 6"

Draf t 6 2 ' 5"

Page 7 Roulund Rally D u r i n g t h e w e e k e n d , 4 t h a n d 5th M a y , 6 5

cars t o o k part in a D A N - B L O C K M i n i

Rally a r ranged on Fyn by T h e Royal

D a n i s h A u t o m o b i l e C l u b in c o - o p e r a t i o n

w i t h t h e R o u l u n d Factor ies. D A N - B L O C K

is t h e registered n a m e of t h e w e l l - k n o w n

brake - l in ings and c l u t c h - f a c i n g s pro-

d u c e d by Rou lund .

T h e rally, w h i c h c o v e r e d a b o u t 2 8 0 miles,

w e n t a l o n g t iny Fyn roads th rough A s -

sens, Faaborg and S v e n d b o r g . It inc luded

special laps, a m o n g t h e s e a special s p e e d -

m a r k i n g test on t h e n e w m o t o r - r o a d

across Fyn.

T h e rally w a s d iv ided in to 7 classes; class

3 c o m p r i s e d no less t h a n 3 Al fa R o m e o

cars, see photo, class 4 consisted ex-

c lusively of V o l v o cars, a n d classes 6 a n d

7 w e r e for beginners.

Pages 8 to 11 In the Country of the Kangaroo On M a r c h 1 st 1 9 6 6 T h e M a e r s k C o m p a n y

(Aust ra l i a ) Pty. Ltd. w a s registered in

M e l b o u r n e . Leader of t h e off ice is M r .

S v e n d H a n s e n , fo rmer ly of Kongens N y -

torv. In this article by M r . S v e n d H a n s e n

readers are g iven a n impress ion of w h a t

life is l ike under t h e S o u t h e r n Cross

w h e r e everyth ing is reversed in c o m -

par ison w i t h our n o r t h e r n hemisphere ;

for ins tance , the sun is in the north

at 1 2 o 'c lock n o o n , a n d Chr istmas is in

t h e m i d d l e of the s u m m e r .

It seems natura l to start an article a b o u t

Austral ia by g iv ing s o m e detai ls a b o u t t h e

size of the c o u n t r y :

F rom east t o w e s t a b o u t 2 , 5 0 0 miles,

cor respond ing t o the d istance b e t w e e n

C o p e n h a g e n a n d the Ural M o u n t a i n s .

F rom north t o south a b o u t 2 , 0 0 0 miles,

cor respond ing t o the d is tance b e t w e e n

C o p e n h a g e n a n d Tripol i .

Area a b o u t 3 mil l , square miles, w h i c h is

a b o u t 1 8 0 t i m e s tha t of D e n m a r k or al -

most as m u c h as the U . S . A .

Coast line a b o u t 1 2 , 5 0 0 miles, w h i c h , o n

t h e other h a n d , is on ly a b o u t three t imes

as m u c h as t h a t of D e n m a r k .

In spite of t h e size of the count ry it has

on ly 1 2 mi l l ion inhabi tants , and 7 5 per

cent of these h a v e sett led s o u t h - e a s t of

a line b e t w e e n Br isbane and Ade la ide .

A c c o r d i n g to historical reports a D u t c h -

m a n w a s the first European t o d iscover

Austral ia. H e landed his ship, t h e

" D U Y F K E N " , in 1 6 0 6 at W e i p a in

Q u e e n s l a n d f r o m w h e r e t o d a y baux i te

is carried by M Æ R S K ships. Fur thermore

it w a s m.s. " R O M Ø M Æ R S K " w h i c h

in 1 9 6 6 carr ied the load ing- ins ta l la t ions

n o w e m p l o y e d at W e i p a d o w n f r o m

J a p a n .

T h e first p e r m a n e n t European se t t lement

dates back to J a n u a r y 1 7 8 8 w h e n 1 0 3 0

soldiers, sai lors, and convic ts arr ived

f r o m England a n d sett led w h e r e S y d n e y

is today .

T h e or iginal inhabi tants , " the Abor ig ines" ,

t o d a y c o u n t less t h a n o n e per cent of

the inhabi tants . It is not k n o w n for sure

f r o m w h e r e these people or ig inate . It is

bel ieved, h o w e v e r , tha t t h e y c a m e f r o m

S o u t h - E a s t Asia and first set f o o t in

Austra l ia a b o u t 1 2 , 0 0 0 years ago.

T h e M Æ R S K of f ice w a s registered in

M e l b o u r n e o n M a r c h 1st, 1 9 6 6 . T h e

of f ice is in da i ly c o n n e c t i o n w i t h C o p e n -

h a g e n via t h e te lepr inter , a c o n n e c t i o n

w h i c h is n o r m a l l y establ ished in less t h a n

3 0 seconds t h o u g h the d is tance is a b o u t

1 1 , 3 0 0 mi les . O n e of the m a i n j o b s of

the off ice is t o contact the M Æ R S K ships

w h e n t h e y cal l at M e l b o u r n e or G e e l o n g

(on ly 5 0 mi les a w a y ) . T h e r e is a large

Shel l re f inery at Gee long w h e r e our t a n -

kers call f r e q u e n t l y , but even M e l b o u r n e

is visited b o t h by re f r igera ted-cargo ves-

sels, bulkcarr iers and tankers. Besides, t h e

M Æ R S K f l a g is seen in the ports of N e w

South W a l e s , Queens land a n d W e s t e r n

Austral ia.

T h e c l imate ranges f rom t rop ica l c o n d i -

t ions in t h e north to frost a n d s n o w in

certain areas of Victoria a n d N e w S o u t h

Wa les in w i n t e r . The area c o v e r e d w i t h

s n o w is larger t h an Swi t ze r land , a n d a

t h r e e - h o u r r ide by car f r o m M e l b o u r n e

wi l l take y o u t o a superb sk i ing -a rea . T h e

season lasts for about three m o n t h s .

T h e tall p h o t o g r a p h on page 1 0 s h o w s

H u m e H o u s e in Wi l l i am Street , th e

address of t h e M Æ R S K off ice. T h e other

p h o t o of t h a t page s h o w s t h e recept ion

off ice. T h e large p h o t o g r a p h o n p a g e

11 s h o w s m.s. " R O M Ø M Æ R S K " w i t h

t h e S y d n e y skyl ine as a b a c k g r o u n d .

Pages 12 and 13 Ships on M y Way

Is the n u m b e r of nat ive d h o w s in East Afr ica

decreas ing? M r . F. H o l m - P e t e r s e n , w h o

has recent ly visi ted M o m b a s a , Z a n z i b a r

a n d A d e n , has t r ied to f ind o u t t h e reason

w h y , a p p a r e n t l y , these t i m e - o l d craf t are

b e c o m i n g less f requent w i t h t h e a d v a n c e

of the t e c h n i c a l wor ld . T h e p h o t o g r a p h

s h o w s a t y p i c a l situation off M o m b a s a

w i t h a n u m b e r of dhows , character ized by

their s lop ing masts and stra ight b o w s ,

w h i c h are k n o w n under t h e n a m e of

"bhum"s . T h e w o r d d h o w does not s igni -

f y any spec ia l t y p e of boat , b u t covers a

w i d e range of d i f ferent types, f r o m b a g -

halas in t h e O m a n Gulf and t h e K u w a i t

area w i t h the i r high sterns, t o t h e t iny

jahaz is and m a s h u a s f rom th e east coast

of Africa. T o m o d e r n sh ipp ing p e o p l e it

m igh t be in terest ing to hear h o w these,

s o m e t i m e s pr imi t ive , boats are e m p l o y e d ,

a n d w h e r e t h e y trade. Char ter -par t ies are

u n k n o w n ; e v e r y t h i n g is sett led a c c o r d i n g

t o ancient r o u t i n e and oral a g r e e m e n t . For

instance, a j a h a z i of 5 0 tons w i t h a c r e w

of t w e l v e m a y have a th ree m o n t h s '

v o y a g e like t h e f o l l o w i n g :

F r o m L a m u in Kenya to M o m b a s a w i t h

f i r e - w o o d , a n d f r o m there to Z a n z i b a r

carrying g e n e r a l cargo. Further in bal last

t o Dar es S a l a a m returning t o Z a n z i b a r

w i t h live cat t le . T h e next v o y a g e f r o m

Zanz ibar to M o g a d i s c i o may compr ise a

cargo of 4 8 0 sacks of dates a n d a h u n d r e d

barrels of c o c o n u t oil. A f te r hav ing

d ischarged th is at M o g a d i s c i o a cargo of

1 0 0 0 tins of I n d i a n buffalo m e a t m a y be

sh ipped to M u k h a l l a in H a d h r a m a u t , a n d

f r o m there a cargo of salt f r o m H a f u n to

M o g a d i s c i o , a n d f inal ly b a c k to Lamu.

Bes ides the cargo a j ahaz i w i l l usual ly

carry as m a n y passengers as t h e n a k h o d a

(sk ipper ) f inds feasible. In t h e 2 0 t h c e n -

tu ry w h e r e every th ing po in ts t o w a r d s fast

v o y a g e s a n d shortest possib le calls at

th e ports, the mere ex is tance of t h e d h o w

seem s a lmost an a n a c h r o n i s m , but the

impor tan t feature of th is k ind of sea

traff ic , w h e r e the w i n d is t h e sole source

of p o w e r , is that it fo rms an impor tan t

l ink in a t rade organ iza t ion w h e r e eco -

n o m y not t ime is the dec is ive factor , a n d

w h e r e the f o u n d a t i o n is an u n b e l i e v a b l y

l o w price level. Apar t f r o m t h e bu i ld ing

of th e vessels these are very, very c h e a p

to run. T h e c r e w gets no pay e x c e p t a

m i n i m u m share of the net t a k i n g s of every

v o y a g e ; t h e y subsist sole ly o n w h a t t h e y

c a n earn t h r o u g h private business w i t h

rugs, t r inkets a n d food .

D h o w - o w n e r s in the Persian Gul f as w e l l

as in East Afr ica main ly leave business

to th e n a k h o d a , thus sav ing e x p e n s e s for

o f f ice staff and sh ipbrok ing .

D u r i n g my recent visit to A d e n a n d M o m -

basa I real ized, h o w e v e r , t h a t several

d h o w s are b e c o m i n g m o t o r i z e d as has

b e e n the case w i t h the C h i n e s e junks ,

a n d m a y b e this techn ica l s tep f o r w a r d

signif ies the beg inn ing of a m o d e r n i z a t i o n

of th is part of the w o r l d .

Pages 14 and 15 Europe — Far East T h e first p h o t o g r a p h o n th is p a g e w a s

t a k e n at A n t w e r p on M a r c h 1 1 t h w h e n

t h e very first p iece cargo w a s t a k e n a b o a r d

t h e " C H A R L O T T E M Æ R S K " , serv ing the

n e w line f r o m Europe to t h e Far East.

T h e l ine w a s o p e n e d by M Æ R S K L I N E

in c o - o p e r a t i o n w i t h the J a p a n e s e K a w a -

saki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. under t h e n a m e

of M Æ R S K - K A W A S A K I L I N E ( in J a p a n

t e r m e d K A W A S A K I - M Æ R S K L I N E ) . T h e

first sai l ings t o o k place o n a " n o n - c o n f e -

rence" basis because the c o n f e r e n c e s had

for a long t ime refused to a c c e p t the n e w

l ine as a m e m b e r . On ly af ter p r o l o n g e d

negot ia t ions w a s m e m b e r s h i p a t ta ined

w i t h t w e l v e sai l ings per year unti l the

m i d d l e of 1 9 7 0 w h e n the sai l ings w i l l be

increased to 18 . T h e m e m b e r s h i p w a s

a c k n o w l e d g e d at the s a m e t i m e as the

" C H A R L O T T E M Æ R S K " d ischarged her

cargo in J a p a n e s e ports d u r i n g her first

v o y a g e . In the direct ion f r o m Europe t o

t h e East the line wi l l be run by M Æ R S K

L I N E , w h e r e a s Kawasaki w i l l be respon-

sible for the oppos i te d i rect ion. T o beg in

w i t h th e line wi l l be served by m.s.

" C H A R L O T T E M Æ R S K " a n d m.s. " C H R I -

S T I A N M Æ R S K " toge ther w i t h t w o of

Kawasak i 's newes t vessels, m.s. " F R A N C E

M A R U " a n d m.s. " I T A L Y M A R U " .

W h e n th e " C H A R L O T T E M Æ R S K " w a s

in Y o k o h a m a a n d Kobe, the genera l

agents of the l ine in J a p a n , th e "K" Line

A g e n c y , Ltd., a r r a n g e d recept ions o n -

board for the port author i t ies a n d c u s t o m -

ers of the line. P h o t o N o . 2 of th is p a g e

w a s taken at Y o k o h a m a and s h o w s f r o m

the left: Capt . K. U r a b e , Harbour M a s t e r ;

Mr . H. M o g e n s e n , O w n e r ' s R e p r e s e n t a -

t i v e ; Mr . Y. S o h n o , President of "K" Line

A g e n c y , Ltd. ; M i s s A k i k o A r i m a , " M i s s

Y o k o h a m a " ; M r . H . F. Ibsen, C a p t a i n of

" C H A R L O T T E M Æ R S K " ; Mr . E. Y a m a z o e ,

Genera l M a n a g e r of Y o k o h a m a Port &

Harbour Bureau.

T h e third p h o t o g r a p h w a s taken at Kobe

a n d s h o w s C a p t a i n Ibsen being presented

w i t h a m e m o r y of t h e day by the H a r b o u r

Master , Mr . W . M o r i g u c h i . T h e lady on

the r ight is M iss K a z u y o Hiraki, " M i s s Sea

Q u e e n of Kobe".

T h e next stage of t h e v o y a g e is seen o n

the opposi te p a g e w h e r e " C H A R L O T T E

M Æ R S K " is sa i l ing d o w n t h r o u g h the

Kattegat on her w a y t o C o p e n h a g e n w h e r e

she is seen at t h e Or ienta l Pier of the

E.A.C. at the b o t t o m of this page.

Pages 16 and 17 Photo Contest 1st prize of 2 0 0 k roner w a s a w a r d e d to

M iss Lise Lotte J e n s e n , Staff D e p a r t m e n t

of Kongens N y t o r v , w h o f o u n d this very

g o o d v i e w of B e r g e n f rom o n e of t h e

sur rounding hills, t h e Fløjen. W h e n l o o k -

ing closely it s h o u l d be possible to

discern the " C O R N E L I A M Æ R S K " at t h e

out f i t t ing pier of t h e shipyard.

2 n d prize of 1 0 0 k roner w a s w o n by M r .

Lars Christian D a n of the Line D e p a r t -

ment , Kongens N y t o r v . W h e n M r . D a n

w a s stat ioned at B a n g k o k , he w i t n e s s e d

the m a n y a r r a n g e m e n t s m a d e in h o n o u r

of the Danish R o y a l C o u p l e w h e n t h e y

visited Tha i l and in 1 9 6 2 . T h e p h o t o

s h o w s B a n g k o k at n igh t w i t h a n i l lu-

m i n a t e d w e l c o m e t o t h e Majest ies .

Pages 18 and 19 From the Football Green T h e p h o t o g r a p h o n p a g e 1 8 w a s t a k e n

at the latest m e e t i n g of footbal l t e a m s f r o m

Kongens Nytorv , t h e O d e n s e S h i p y a r d ,

R o u l u n d , and B U K H in C o p e n h a g e n o n

M a y 1 5 t h a n d 2 6 t h . T h e s o - c a l l e d

M Æ R S K Cup, w h i c h has been c o n t e s t e d ,

a n d w o n by R o u l u n d , for t w o seasons

in succession, w a s th is t ime w o n by

Kongens Nytorv .

T h e results w e r e :

Kongens N y t o r v - B U K H 3 - 1

S h i p y a r d - R o u l u n d 4 - 3

R o u l u n d - B U K H 8 - 0

Kongens N y t o r v - S h i p y a r d 6 - 1

T h e first p h o t o g r a p h s h o w s h o w a B U K H

at tack against K o n g e n s Nytorv is b r o k e n .

T h e second p h o t o g r a p h w a s t a k e n in

1 9 6 1 s h o w i n g the Kongens N y t o r v t e a m ,

m a n y of w h o m are still e m p l o y e d at K o n -

gens Ny torv .

T h e last p h o t o g r a p h s h o w s th e t e a m of

K o n g e n s Ny torv (s i t t ing) and a t e a m of

the J . Laur i tzen S h i p p i n g C o m p a n y , w h o

p layed against each other in 1 9 5 0 .

Page 20 Letter f rom Italy Mr. Peter Kauffeldt , w h o is a t t a c h e d to

A . R . M . E . C . in M i l a n for c o n t a c t w i t h

K o n g e n s Nytorv , has sent M Æ R S K P O S T

a report a b o u t the 1 9 6 8 M i l a n Fair. This

a n n u a l fair, w h i c h is N o . 4 6 s ince th e

b e g i n n i n g , had a special M Æ R S K im-

print because the Dan ish in fo rmat ion

off ice h a d a n u m b e r of ship's p h o t o g r a p h s

on its wa l ls . T h e t o p p h o t o g r a p h s h o w s

the D a n i s h ambassador to Italy, C o u n t

Eggert A . Knuth, in f ront of a p h o t o of a

n e w C - l ine r . In the other p h o t o M r . Kauf -

fe ldt ( f o r e g r o u n d ) is seen toge ther w i t h

the leader of the Danish in fo rmat ion

off ice, M r . Kurt Weste rgaard .

Page 22 When Neptune Knits His Brows T h e coast l ine of D e n m a r k has a length

of no less t h a n 7 . 4 7 5 k i lometres, equa l -

l ing th e d is tance f r o m C o p e n h a g e n to

Ca lcut ta , so most D a n e s have had a

c h a n c e to see the a t tacks of t roub led seas

on th e coast. W a v e s as tall as houses or

even t o w e r s are m e n t i o n e d bo th in of f i -

cial reports and in sailors' yarns, t h o u g h

this es t imat ion is not very concrete . It

d e p e n d s o n the size of the house or the

t o w e r . W a v e s rise as a result of the w i n d

pressure aga inst t h e sur face of the sea,

th e wa te r part icles be ing the reby c o m -

pressed upwards , a n d a f te rwards fa l l ing

back to their or iginal posi t ion. This means

that the w a t e r as such does not m o v e f r o m

o n e place to another . O n l y the physical

s h a p e is m o v e d a long . It is es t imated that

th e w a v e s of the Nor th Pacif ic and the

At lant ic wi l l rarely be more t h a n 1 2 - 1 5

metres. S o m e reports, h o w e v e r , tel l a b o u t

w a v e s of up to 2 0 metres or even more.

A special p h e n o m e n o n , w h i c h is k n o w n

a lmost exc lus ive ly in the Pacif ic, is t e r m e d

t s u n a m i ( J a p a n e s e ) . A t s u n a m i is a w a v e

c a u s e d by an undersea e a r t h q u a k e w h i c h

results in t h e subsid ing of mil l ions of

t o n s of the sea bo t tom. A t s u n a m i m a y

have a length of 2 5 0 k i lometres, a n d

it m a y m o v e at a speed of a lmost 8 0 0

k i lometres per hour.

Sh ips o n the sea or at a n c h o r off t h e

coast w i l l hardly feel this w a v e w h i c h lifts

t h e sur face of the sea a b o u t 3 0 - 6 0 cent i -

metres only . N o t till the w a v e encounters

resistance, for instance in a V - s h a p e d bay

or inlet , does t h e ca tast rophe occur. A n

e n o r m o u s w a v e rolls against th e coast

s m a s h i n g every th ing in its w a y , and w h e n

it retires the sea is still ca lm, but its sur-

f ace is covered w i t h trees, d r o w n e d peop le

a n d animals . A c c o r d i n g to J a p a n e s e

statistics g o i n g back to 6 8 4 A . D . the

J a p a n e s e islands have been harassed

by a l together 8 5 tsunamis . O n e e x a m p l e

is k n o w n in the w e s t e r n hemisphere w h e r e

a t s u n a m i ( p r e s u m a b l y ) harassed a large

part of Lisbon in 1 7 5 5 .

J. H. SCHULTZ A/S KØBENHAVN