Peter Mærsk Møller
Peter Mærsk Møller | |
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| Born | 22 September 1836 Rømø,Denmark |
| Died | 9 February 1927(aged 90) |
Peter Mærsk Møller(/mɛərskˈmuːlər/mairskMOO-lər;22 September 1836 – 9 February 1927) was aDanishsea captain and the father ofArnold Peter Møller,founder of theMaerskcorporation, and grandfather ofMærsk Mc-Kinney Møller,who made Maersk the largest container ship operator and supply vessel operator in the world.[1]
Career
[edit]He passed his merchant officer's examination atFlensborgNavigation School and became a captain in 1861. His first assignment was the shipPrimain 1862.[2]
After theSecond Schleswig Warin 1864, Rømø, as Flensborg, passed underPrussianrule (and from 1871 German territory; Rømø remained so until 1920, and Flensborg – now Flensburg – still is a German city), so Captain Mærsk Møller moved toDragør,only a few kilometres to the east ofCopenhagen.He was the first in Denmark to suggest steam ships instead of sailing ships.[citation needed]He did so in 1884, as he moved fromDragørtoSvendborg,on the island ofFyn.[2]
In 1904, Peter Mærsk Møller, with the fifth of his nine sons, Arnold Peter Møller, foundedDampskibsselskabet Svendborg i 1904( "The Steam Ship Company of Svendborg 1904" ).[3]Eight years later, the success of this enterprise encouraged A.P. Møller to start his own:Dampskibsselskabet af 1912,which eventually became theMaerskbusiness conglomerate.
References
[edit]- ^"Container shipping".Economist.11 May 2005.Retrieved4 December2007.
- ^ab"Peter Mærsk Møller, skibsreder i Svendborg".
- ^"Fra lille dampskibsselskab til Danmarks største virksomhed",DR,13 December 2005. Accessed 26 November 2015.
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