Dangulf Mærsk and Svengulf Mærsk. 1965 - 1993: Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller takes the helm 1966: The Bulkcarrier Laura Mærsk (yard no. 177) is the last ship produced at the old Odense Yard. The old yard is closed. 1967: A.P. Møller produces its first supply vessel, Mærsk Supplier. 1967 : The Odense Lindø Yard is enlarged with a new 90 x 420 m construction dock with a great gantry crane. This enables the construction of VLCC tankers, later ULCC Tankers, and now Ultra-Post-Panamax container ships. Nov. 1967 - 1969: Mærsk Line produces the last class of seven fast conventional motor cargo vessels, the Cecilie Mærsk-class. At test runs, they reach a maximum of 26 knots. They are used in the Europe-Far East service and in the Trans-Pacific service. In 1974, they are converted to semi-container ships, and following a large modification programme, as full container ships in 1980. 1968: Odense Lindø Yard builds its first 200,000 tdw tanker, Dirch Mærsk. 1969: Maersk Air is founded and begins operations the following year. July 1971: Odense Yard produces the 283,000 tdw turbine tanker Regina Mærsk, the biggest ship in Europe. 1972: The first gas tanker for A.P. Møller, Inge Mærsk enters service. 1973: Mærsk Line adds its first container ship to the fleet, the Japanese-constructed Svendborg Mærsk (). July 1974: Odense Yard builds the turbine tanker Kristine Mærsk (330,000 tdw), the biggest tanker in Europe. Six more vessels of this class are built for A.P. Møller until 1977. 1975: The Clara Mærsk rescues 3500 refugees fleeing the end of the Vietnam War and brings them to Hong Kong. Aug. 1975-1976: Mærsk Line receives nine fast single screw turbine container ships, the Adrian Mærsk-class, from the German shipyards Blohm & Voss (Hamburg) and Flenderwerft (Lübeck) for use in the trans-Pacific service. They are designed by United Ship Design & Development Centre in Taiwan. April 1979: Construction of the new company headquarters at Esplanaden is completed. 1980: Six Odense built RORO-container ships (Elisabeth Mærsk-class) are added to the Mærsk fleet. January 1981: Mærsk Line opens its own container service on the Europe-Far East route with the first container ship built at Odense Yard, Laura Mærsk (). Ten sister ships join the fleet until 1985. 1988: A.P. Møller opens a container factory in Tinglev, Denmark. 1988: Mærsk begins a trans-Atlantic container service. April 1988: Odense Yard produces the Marchen Mærsk (), the largest containership of the