Maersk caught between Argentina and Great Britain

Mærsk Transporter now working out of Port Stanley. Photo: Bent Mikkelsen
Maersk caught between Argentina and Great Britain

A. P. Møller-Mærsk seems to be caught in the middle of an international crisis between Argentina and Great Britain and their old dispute over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands. Argentina has sent an official protest to the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs complaining that the Danish group is involved in violating Argentina rights on the islands. The problems have worsened lately after a British consortium towed a semi-submersible drilling rig to a position off the Falkland Islands with the intention of drilling for oil and gas. The rig was towed by two units from Maersk Supply Service, which will also support the rig during the drilling. So far, the Danish Minstry has only noted the protest. At A. P. Møller-Mærsk it is business as usual, as Anders Würtzen, head of Public Affairs, puts it.

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