Maersk was already operating on this route, via transshipment in Southeast Asia, before the P&O Nedlloyd takeover. At the beginning of this year, the Danish shipping company originally hoped to maintain P&O Nedlloyd’s direct service with the Oceania Pendulum.
For a long time, P&O Nedlloyd was the largest shipping company providing direct transport between Europe and Australia/New Zealand. With the disappearance of the Oceania Pendulum, Maersk Line will actually resume the former Maersk Sealand service between North America and Australia using smaller vessels.