IIR, Boris, Maersk is the name of the Scandinavian (? Danish) shipping line founded by Hendrik(?) Maersk, who at one time was the biggest shipowner in the world, as Maersk Lines was then totally owned by him, and possibly his family. He owned more ships than Onassis, but had a much lower profile.
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 4:17 PM Subject: Re: PESO: "Asian Zephyr" (Panorama) > Great shot. > > There is just a little humorous bit there. Look in the right bottom > corner of the full sized version. There is this container that says > "Maersk Tokyo" in Greek alphabet... Seems like crossing all the > continents in just one sentence ;-). > > If I am not mistaken (Jostein, Tim, Dag?) Maersk means "Seafaring" in > Norwegian... > > Boris > > P.S. Julia doubts that Maersk is Norwegian word. > > David Savage wrote: >> G'day All, >> >> While out comet hunting the other night (I was let down by cloud >> cover) I cruised past this scene. I love watching container ships >> being loaded, so I set up the tripod & pano head and took this: >> >> <http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/PESO/peso_025.htm> >> >> Any and all comments much appreciated. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Dave >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
