Odense shipyard unit posts 2006 pretax loss of 1.07 bln dkr

COPENHAGEN (Thomson Financial) – AP Moller Maersk’s shipyard Odense Staalskibsvaerft posted a 2006 pretax loss of 1.07 bln dkr, versus a loss of 775 mln dkr a year earlier, with the result negatively affected by rising steel prices and continuously low productivity.