Sea-Land Service, Inc.

Sea-Land Service, Inc. (often referred to by a variety of variations on its name, including: Sea-Land Services, Sea-Land Corporation, or SeaLand) was a pioneering shipping and containerization company founded by American entrepreneur Malcom McLean in 1960, out of the operations of the Pan-Atlantic Steamship Company, which McLean acquired in 1955. It existed under various changes of ownership (passing from R. J. Reynolds to CSX Corporation, until it was acquired by, and formally incorporated into, the operations of the A. P. Moller-Maersk Group in November 1999.

Sea-Land become notable for its instrumental role in the U.S. military in the Vietnam conflict, delivering as many as 12,000 containers a month to the Indochina peninsula; total revenues from the U.S. Defense Department would amount to $450 million between 1967 and 1973. [cite news | url = http://www.forbes.com/business/global/2006/0313/030.html | title = The Box that changed Asia and the World | first = Marc | last = Levinson | work = Forbes Asia | date = 2006-03-13 | accessdate = 2007-11-12 ] Later, it drew attention for being the registrant of the ill-fated SS "Mayagüez", whose seizure by Khmer Rouge forces on May 12 1975 provoked the last armed confrontation of the Vietnam War.

Notable personnel

* Malcom McLean, founder.
* Alex J. Mandl, CEO 1989-1991. Later with In-Q-Tel, Teligent, Gemplus International and Gemalto.Several people at Sea-Land Service / Maersk Sealand would eventually make their way to DP World – in fact, as of late 2006, "all" the non-UAE principals at DP World were from SeaLand:
* Ted Bilkey (U.S.), COO
* George E. Dalton (U.S.), SVP, General Counsel.
* Matthew Leech (U.S.), SVP Business Development.
* Charles V. Errigo (U.S.), Sales Department
* Edguardo Rigaud (Haiti) import-export agent
* Joost Kruining (Netherlands), SVP Operations
* Michael Moore (U.S.) (a different one, apparently)
* Anil Wats (Indonesia), Executive VP, operations.

Later Known as the 2nd biggest container company in the world between 1970- 1992.

References

External links

* [http://www.sealandalumni.com/timeline.htm Timeline at the Sea-Land Alumni Site]
* http://www.mgar.net/sealand.htm