Business activities

The A.P. Moller - Maersk Group comprises A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S and subsidiaries. The group employsabout 110,000 people in around 130 countries including Dansk Supermarked Group and other companies within the following main areas:

Container shipping and related activities, a market leader in worldwide container services, agency, logistics and terminal activities etc. under the brand names Maersk Line, Maersk Logistics, Safmarine and APM Terminals. Maersk Line and Safmarine operate more than 550 container vessels, hereof more than 220 owned. APM Terminals operates more than 50 terminals.

Tankers, offshore and other shipping activities offering solutions for the transport of crude oil, refined products and gas; various supply vessel activities (including anchor-handling, platform supply and cable laying); drilling activities with a variety of drilling rig types, production activities with Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels and jack-up based production units; salvage and towage activities as well as door-to-door transport and inter-European freight and passenger transport under the brand names Maersk Tankers, Maersk Supply Service, Maersk Drilling, Maersk FPSOs, Svitzer and Norfolkline. Excluding Svitzer's 600 vessels, the segment operates more than 260 vessels and rigs, hereof more than 140 owned.

Oil and gas activities. Maersk Oil participates in production activities in Denmark, Qatar, United Kingdom, Algeria and Kazakhstan. In addition, Maersk Oil participates in exploration activities in the North Sea(Denmark, United Kingdom, Norway and Germany), North Africa (Algeria and Morocco), West Africa(Angola), the Middle East (Qatar and Oman), Central Asia (Turkmenistan), South America (Brazil, Suriname and Colombia) and the US Gulf of Mexico.

Retail activity, comprising supermarkets and hypermarkets in Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, Poland and Sweden. Dansk Supermarked incorporates, among others, the Føtex stores, the Netto stores and the Bilka hypermarkets.

Shipyards, other industrial companies, interest in Danske Bank, etc., include shipyards in Denmark and the Baltic countries, industrial production of plastic products, Star Air engaged in contract parcel flying in Europe. The segment also includes a 20% interest in Danske Bank.