Danish shippers Maersk will be marking 20 vessels, totalling 534,311 gross tons, being flagged to the Red Ensign by making a special presentation to Maurice Storey, chief executive of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) in their Southampton headquarters tomorrow.

Managing director of Maersk, Michael Hassing will be presenting a model of one of the company's latest container vessels, Maersk Gateshead to the MCA at their offices in Commercial Road.