world. Eleven more ships are built between 1988 and 1991. 1989: Mærsk Line introduces the 45' container as a third standard container size. 1991-1996: Mærsk and P & O begin a joined global container service. 1992: The first large gas carrier Inger Mærsk (80,000 cbm) is added to the fleet. Dec. 1992: Odense Yard produces the world's first double-hull 300,000 tdw tanker, Eleo Mærsk. Until 1995, 5 sister ships are produced for Mærsk Line and 3 additional for Saudi Arabian VELA. 1993 - 1999: Bigger and bigger March 1993: Mærsk Line takes over the EacBen Container Line Ltd. with 9 large container ships. It becomes the largest container business in the world. Dec. 1995: Hyundai H.I., Ulsan delivers the Panamax container ship Dragør Mærsk, the first of a series of 16 ships for Mærsk Line. Jan. 1996: The world's largest container ship, Regina Mærsk, is delivered from Odense Yard and begins the Europe - Far East liner service. At this time it holds many records: first ship more than capacity, with a length of 318.2 meters, it is the first container ship more than 300 meters; first with 42.80 m breadth and first over 80,000 BRZ and tdw. May 1996: The Mærsk cooperation of the liner service with P&O is ended and a new global containerservice with Sealand Corporation is started. Sept. 1997: Odense Yard delivers Sovereign Maersk, the world's first and more than 100,000 tdw container ship to the Mærsk fleet. It is also 346 meters long; the longest ship in the world at that time. 31 January 1998: A.P. Møller Group acquires the Volkswerft in Stralsund (Germany) from the German Treuhand for 25 million dollars. The yard is completely modernized, including a large shipbuilding hall and a 230 m (now 275 m length) ship lift to launch the ships. Container ships (2,500 class) are produced for the Mærsk fleet. They have a size of 2,900-. Supply vessels and cable-laying vessels are also produced. February 1999: Mærsk takes control of the Safmarine container line, including the Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) with 50 owned and chartered container vessels. 1999: First vessel from mainland China (People's Republic of China), a 35,000 tdw R-class tanker built at Guangzhou Shipyard International. 1999 - 2005: Mærsk-Sealand November 1999: Mærsk buys container shipper Sea-Land Corporation with 70 vessels, container terminals and liner service from the CSX Corporation. The new name of the shipping company is