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 . 4 - 1 9 6 8

Cover Photographs Front Page: D u r i n g her m a i d e n v o y a g e m.s. " C L A R A

M Æ R S K " passed under th e Ver razano

Br idge at the entrance to N e w York .

Page 23: m.s. " C L A R A M Æ R S K " w a s sa lu ted by

the f i r e - f igh t ing barges of N e w York

w h e n she m a d e her first call.

Page 3: Launching at Tonsberg T h e first of t w o special bulkcarr iers

o rdered by the M Æ R S K f leet at Kaldnes

M e k a n i s k e Verksted of T ø n s b e r g w a s

l a u n c h e d o n S e p t e m b e r 2 n d . T h e ship

w a s sponsored by Mrs. Lisbeth M o u r i e r ,

w i f e of director Christ ian M o u r i e r , S k a n -

d inav isk M o t o r Co. , C o p e n h a g e n . T h e

s h i p . w h i c h w a s n a m e d " B R I G I T M Æ R S K " ,

wi l l be of a b o u t 2 5 , 0 0 0 tons d e a d w e i g h t

a n d w i l l be constructed tor th e special

purpose of t ranspor t ing au tomobi les . She

wi l l be f i t ted w i t h six car decks, w h i c h

m a y be part ly hoisted under , part ly p laced

o n t h e ma in d e c k w h e n th e ship serves

as an ord inary bulkcarrier .

T h e ship w i l l for a longer per iod be

e n g a g e d in t ransporta t ion of cars f r o m

W e s t e r n G e r m a n y to the U .S . , and her

capac i ty wi l l be about 1 , 8 0 0 V o l k s w a g e n

at a t i m e ( m o d e l V W 1 3 0 0 ) ; this is a b o u t

f ive or six t imes more t h a n the largest

S tore Bæl t ferries.

T h e m a i n e n g i n e wi l l be a B & W type

6 K 7 4 E F .

Pages 4 to 9: The Ship Carries Coffee T h e w o r d m o c h a means blessedness, and

the little w o r d m o k a at th e b o t t o m of

bills of fare tel ls the guest tha t he m a y

e n j o y an extra g o o d cup of co f fee at th e

e n d of th e d inner . It w o u l d be w r o n g ,

h o w e v e r , to expec t having c o f f e e served

w h i c h has been sh ipped f r o m t h e t o w n

of M o k k a , o n c e an impor tan t seaport ,

but only as long as Y e m e n w a s the on ly

place for c o f f e e - g r o w i n g . A n y w a y , A r a -

bian cof fee w o u l d hardly a p p e a l to m o -

dern Europeans, and most l ikely the

co f fee t o d a y used in D e n m a r k , w h e t h e r

it is cal led m o c h a or java , o r ig ina ted f r o m

S o u t h A m e r i c a ; less than o n e t h o u s a n d t h

of w h a t is t o d a y impor ted in D e n m a r k

wi l l be m o c h a . In 1 9 6 7 t h e to ta l w o r l d

p roduc t ion a m o u n t e d to 5 0 mi l l ion bags

of 6 0 kilos f r o m a l together 6 0 d i f ferent

countr ies, and consider ing this fac t and

t h e net price for cof fee , o n e real ly u n d e r -

stands, w h y cof fee is o n e of t h e most

impor tan t articles in c o m m e r c e today .

T h e p h o t o g r a p h on page f ive s h o w s a

co f fee plant w h i c h n o w leaves the " f lo -

w e r p o t k indergar ten" in order to m a k e

its w a y in the w o r l d . T h e p h o t o g r a p h o n

p a g e four w a s taken in t h e f reepor t of

C o p e n h a g e n , w h e r e the ma jor i ty of

9 0 0 , 0 0 0 bags w e r e d ischarged dur ing

1 9 6 7 ; this f igure const i tutes the a n n u a l

Dan ish c o n s u m p t i o n .

A s readers wi l l k n o w the habi t of c o f f e e -

dr ink ing w a s in t roduced in W e s t e r n

Europe dur ing the seven teen th century ,

o n e of the most f a m o u s places of w o r s h i p

be ing Lloyd's Co f fee H o u s e in L o n d o n .

T h e old print on t o p of page six repre-

sents such a scene. T h e girl in the next

p h o t o g r a p h is ho ld ing a b u n c h of r ipe

co f fee berr ies; another phase in the

processing of co f fee is i l lustrated o n page

e ight , w h e r e the beans are dr ied o n large

concre te surfaces. T h e ripe co f fee beans

are covered by a k ind of f leshy frui t husks,

a n d t h e y g r o w in pairs in the w a y w h i c h

is i l lustrated on page seven. W h e n the

a b o v e - m e n t i o n e d d r y i n g - p r o c e s s is f i -

n ished, th e f leshy husk and t w o protec-

t ive layers of v e g e t a b l e p a r c h m e n t a n d

so -ca l led "si lverskin" are threshed of f .

T h e beans are n o w ready for being sorted

and packed .

Co f fee is a di f f icult c o m m o d i t y for a

ship to carry because it is very sensit ive

to moisture a n d smell . It shou ld be kept

dry, cool a n d we l l ven t i l a ted and also

w e l l separa ted f r o m other c o m m o d i t i e s

g iv ing f ragrance of a d i f ferent k ind, or

w h i c h m i g h t themse lves be a f fected by

the cof fee .

Brazil has for m a n y years b e e n d o m i n a t i n g

as a co f fee nat ion. Severa l t imes u p -

w a r d s of 6 5 per cent of t h e w o r l d p ro -

duct ion c a m e f r o m this c o u n t r y ; a n d it

might be m e n t i o n e d t h a t dur ing the

years 1 8 5 0 t o 1 8 5 4 t h e Danish ship

" R O T A " carr ied m a n y loads of co f fee

f r o m S o u t h A m e r i c a to D e n m a r k , a n d

o n b o a r d w a s a y o u n g sailor n a m e d

Peter M æ r s k Møl le r , w h o acqui red m u c h

of the k n o w - h o w in these voyages t h a t

he n e e d e d w h e n in 1 9 0 4 he f o u n d e d

the M Æ R S K f leet t o g e t h e r w i t h his son

Arno ld Peter Mø l le r .

Pages 10 t o 13: The Last of the European Wi lds In the m a p o n page 1 0 t w o t iny b lue

rings are to be seen r o u n d t w o p lace -

names, Kv ikk jokk and A k k a . T h e p lace

is northern S w e d e n a n d the occas ion is

an exped i t ion o n f o o t m a d e by M r . B.

H a m m e r s h ø y a n d three f r iends. There are

no asphal t roads, and , as the photos

reveal, not a l w a y s br idges across t h e

streams. M r . H a m m e r s h ø y tells us t h a t

the average a g e of t h e s e old boys w a s

5 5 , and cons ider ing th is fac t it must be

cal led qui te an a c h i e v e m e n t that such a

c ross -count ry " w a l k " c o u l d be carr ied

t h r o u g h w i t h o u t prev ious t ra in ing. W i t h

1 5 kilos o n your back t h e dai ly average

of a b o u t 2 0 k i lometres in this ter ra in wi l l

be qu i te e n o u g h . It must be r e m e m b e r e d

t h a t ord inary h e a v y boots c a n n o t be

used because of t h e n u m e r o u s w a t e r y

st retches tha t have to be n e g o t i a t e d .

Even c o l o u r - p h o t o s hardly pay ful l just ice

t o t h e beauty of the l andscape . T h e

s u m m e r , a n d therefore th e co lours in

t h e s e districts, wi l l be very shor t - l i ved

a n d there fore very intense, t h e s n o w not

reced ing unti l J u n e , thereby l imi t ing th e

s u m m e r per iod to t w o or th ree m o n t h s .

T h e author i t ies have seen to it t h a t these

m o r e or less " a c k n o w l e d g e d " routes are

supp l i ed w i t h little huts w h e r e hikers stay

overn ight . Apar t f r o m this y o u are c o m -

plete ly o n your o w n . S o m e t i m e s a n

inspir ing t h o u g h t in our c o m m u n i t y ,

s o m e t i m e s a threat if you are o v e r w h e l m e d

b y t h e forces af nature, disease, h u n g e r

or t h e like.

M r . H a m m e r s h ø y strongly r e c o m m e n d s

th is t y p e of ho l iday to t h o s e of our

readers w o u l d like to m a k e a c h a n g e

jus t for o n c e f r o m th e ordinary, prefabr i -

ca ted , easy -cha i r t y p e of ho l iday t h a t so

m a n y of us are n o w a d a y s apt t o choose .

Pages 14 and 15: Photo Contest 1st prize w a s a w a r d e d to M r . J e n s R a u n

for his H o n g Kong p a n o r a m a . 2 0 0 kroner

w i l l be mai led .

2 n d prize of 1 0 0 kroner w a s w o n by

M r . Erik Ho l tegaard , K o n g e n s N y t o r v

o f f ice , w h o f o u n d this l a n d s c a p e in

Indones ia w h i l e he w a s s t a t i o n e d at

D jakar ta .

A s m e n t i o n e d before M Æ R S K P O S T

w o u l d very m u c h like to rece ive m o r e

p h o t o s f r o m the M Æ R S K f leet a n d espec-

i a l l y f r o m t h e T . P . C . p lanta t ion . T h e s e

t w o " m e m b e r s " of our fami ly are m e n -

t i o n e d specif ical ly because our co l lea -

g u e s there shou ld have a c h a n c e of

s u b m i t t i n g g o o d shots tha t h a v e not

o n l y the tourist e lement in t h e m , but

w h i c h migh t also illustrate l i v ing - a n d

w o r k i n g - c o n d i t i o n s that are to ta l l y d i f -

f e r e n t a n d most ly n e w to t h e ma jor i ty of

M Æ R S K P O S T readers.

Pages 16 t o 18: Japan's Bast ion to the Nor th Th is is the 3 r d "chapter" in t h e t r i logy

in w h i c h M r . H. M o g e n s e n has g iven us

his impression of J a p a n . T h e t w o first

art ic les w e r e b r o u g h t in J a n u a r y 1 9 6 5

a n d in J a n u a r y 1 9 6 6 , dea l ing w i t h the

is lands of H o n s h u w i t h M t . Fuji and

Kyushu w i t h her m a n y v o l c a n o e s and

h o t springs. T h e article in th is issue

concent ra tes o n H o k k a i d o , t h e nor the rn -

most of the four large J a p a n e s e islands.

A n t h r o p o l o g i c a l l y H o k k a i d o di f fers f r o m

t h e rest of J a p a n because of t h e nat ives

o t t h e island, the a inus, t h o u g h very f e w

f u l l - b l o o d a inus h a v e surv ived t o d a y . It

is es t imated tha t there are a b o u t 5 0 0

or so, a l t h o u g h a b o u t 1 5 , 0 0 0 of the

inhabi tants are of a inu b lood . T h e

p h o t o g r a p h on p a g e 1 6 s h o w s s o m e of

t h e a b o v e - m e n t i o n e d 5 0 0 . Unt i l about

1 0 0 years ago H o k k a i d o w a s inhab i ted

o n l y by the a inus a n d a b o u t 5 0 , 0 0 0 i m -

migrants f r o m t h e m a i n island H o n s h u .

In an area the size of D e n m a r k and

S w i t z e r l a n d put toge ther t h e y subsisted

o n b e a r - h u n t i n g a n d f i s h i n g — t h e sea

a r o u n d H o k k a i d o w h e r e w a r m a n d cold

currents meet is o n e of t h e w o r l d ' s

th ree largest f i sh ing -a reas w i t h a n a b u n d -

a n c e ot sa lmon, t rout , c o d a n d c r a b s —

unti l the J a p a n e s e g o v e r n m e n t f o u n d it

necessary to d iver t s o m e of the ever -

g r o w i n g surplus p o p u l a t i o n especial ly

f r o m H o n s h u , w h e r e less t h a n 2 0 per

cent of the soil c a n be t i l led.

T o d a y H o k k a i d o c a n s h o w u p not only

m o d e r n i z e d agr icu l ture a n d dairy pro-

d u c t s but also a rapidly g r o w i n g indu-

stry, part ly based o n the large forests of

t h e i s l a n d — a b o u t 7 0 per cent is covered

by forest, but e v e n steel a n d chemica ls

are m a k i n g t h e m s e l v e s felt . T h e r e is also

a large shipyard, t h e H a k o d a t e Sh ipyard ,

a n d t h e S a p p o r o brewer ies cover about

2 5 per cent of the tota l beer c o n s u m p t i o n

in J a p a n .

T h e c l imate of H o k k a i d o is d i f fe rent f r o m

t h a t of the rest of t h e country , a n d s n o w

covers the island f r o m D e c e m b e r to Apri l .

T h e r e is an a n n u a l s n o w - f e s t i v a l at

S a p p o r o in February and there is a

c o m p e t i t i o n for t h e best s n o w sculptures

e a c h year. S o m e of last year 's "entr ies"

are seen at the b o t t o m of p a g e 1 7 a n d

o n page 1 8 , and the p h o t o g r a p h o n t o p

of page 1 7 serves to s h o w h o w the

A m e r i c a n m e t h o d s of t o w n a n d count ry

p lann ing have in f luenced the layout of

t h e c o m m u n i t i e s t o d a y . T o d a y H o k k a i d o

has about f ive a n d a quar ter mill , inha -

bitants, 7 0 per square k i lometre , w h i c h

is not very m u c h c o m p a r e d w i t h the 2 5 0

per square k i lometre on H o n s h u .

Pages 19 t o 21: Spot l igh t Mai l T h e postal i l lustrat ion o n t o p of page 1 9

refers to a smal l fo lder recent ly publ ished,

te l l ing a b o u t the easiest a n d cheapest

m e t h o d of c o m m u n i c a t i o n b e t w e e n ships

in overseas service a n d fami ly m e m b e r s

in the h o m e count ry . Cop ies m a y be had

by app l y i ng to the m a i l i n g - d e p a r t m e n t

of K o n g e n s N y t o r v 8 .

Japanese V is i to r A s readers w e r e to ld in the J u l y issue of

M Æ R S K P O S T the n e w l ine b e t w e e n

Europe a n d t h e East is served part ly by

t w o of t h e n e w C ships of the M Æ R S K

f leet a n d part ly by t w o ships of the

Kawasak i Kisen Kaisha. " C H A R L O T T E

M Æ R S K " w a s the first ship to m a k e a

ful l v o y a g e in this service, re turning

to C o p e n h a g e n o n J u n e 1 7 t h ; a n d o n

A u g u s t 1 7 t h t h e first J a p a n e s e ship, the

" F R A N C E M A R U " , cal led at C o p e n h a g e n .

T h e ship is seen in the p h o t o g r a p h s

dur ing th is first call. T h e cargo compr ised

a m o n g other th ings ti les, s e w i n g - m a -

chines , a n d J a p a n e s e motorcars ( D a t -

suns) .

News f r o m the Mærsk Refinery A special t ranspor t by rail t h r o u g h C o p e n -

h a g e n w a s necessary in order to supp ly

the Ref inery w i t h a n e w dist i l lat ion c o -

l u m n of rather unusua l d imensions . T h e

c o l u m n , w h i c h is 3 6 metres long a n d

w e i g h s a b o u t 2 0 tons, is seen in page 2 0

part ly at t h e marsha l l ing-yard , part ly

w h e n passing the Langebro .

1910 t o 1968 T h e s e t w o years serve to symbol i ze the

span of years b e t w e e n the first M Æ R S K

ship n a m e d after M r . M æ r s k M c - K i n -

ney Mø l l e r ' s m o t h e r and the newes t unit

of tha t n a m e . T h e s teamer " C H A S S I E

M Æ R S K " , s e e n in the photo , w a s bui l t

in H o l l a n d in 1 9 1 0 , a n d M r . A . P. M ø l l e r

chose his w i f e ' s n a m e for the n e w b u i l d i n g

using the short f o r m of Mrs . Møl le r 's

n a m e . Th is sh ip w a s t o r p e d o e d in 1 9 1 6 ,

a n d a n e w ship of the s a m e n a m e w a s

de l ivered to t h e M Æ R S K f leet in 1 9 2 0 .

T h e f o l l o w i n g ships, w h i c h have all b e e n

n a m e d " C H A S T I N E M Æ R S K " , w e r e

de l ivered in 1 9 2 3 , 1 9 4 5 , 1 9 5 3 a n d in

1 9 6 8 , the latter seen in p h o t o g r a p h o n

page 2 1 .

J. H. SCHULTZ A/S