Star Cool Number 100,000

Tinglev, Denmark (ots/PRNewswire) -

Milestone reefer rolls off Maersk production line after almost
exponential sales growth.

Maersk Container Industry (MCI) has produced its Star Cool
refrigeration container number 100,000, reflecting unabated demand
for frozen and chilled foods and an acute need for energy savings in
global transportation.

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Star Cool number 50,000 came off the production line for Hanjin
Shipping just over a year ago.

"Our focus on energy savings was clearly the right way to go.
Bunker fuel prices have more than doubled since 2005 so we can help
customers offset part of the additional bunker cost," says Soren Leth
Johannsen, chief commercial officer at MCI.

Jan Esbech, a key customer and global head of equipment at Maersk
Line, says: "At the moment Star Cool has the best combination of
price, energy efficiency and maintenance. We are not at all surprised
that Star Cool number 100,000 has been produced. We know this is to a
large degree attributable to the innovation and technological
development that takes place at MCI."

The leasing company CAI International is also happy.

"CAI has during the last years successfully expanded its fleet of
Star Cool units, and by now we are so confident in the market
acceptance that we recently placed an order for 500 Integrated Star
Cool units on speculation," says Danny Hallahan, senior vice
president, global marketing, CAI International.

At Tinglev, Denmark, MCI continues its research and development.

"We have more innovation on the way to make global trade ever
more efficient. MCI's controlled atmosphere, for example, now lets
customers increase transportation time in some cases from 30 to 45
days without compromising quality," says Johannsen.

Danny Hallahan adds: "As a leasing company we are naturally very
happy to see Star Cool number 100,000 produced, but moreover we are
excited to register the growing number of container lines using Star
Cool in their reefer fleet."

Facts: MCI has 6,000 employees worldwide and is headquartered in
Tinglev, Denmark, home to global sales and R&D. Production takes
place at factories in Qingdao, Dongguan, and Huidong, China, and by
2014 in San Antonio, Chile. In 2011, MCI constructed 41,000 reefer
containers, 37,000 reefer machines and 200,000 TEU dry containers.
MCI revenue was USD 1.2bn (2010: USD 0.7bn). Profit was USD 69m
(2010: USD 41m), and ROIC 33.1% (2010: 20.6%). MCI is a business unit
in the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group (http://www.maersk.com).

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Contact:
Contact: Erik Hogh-Sorensen, ehs@maerskbox.com,
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