Maersk scraps Nedlloyd service to Australia and New Zealand
Maersk Line is to discontinue its Oceania Pendulum at the beginning of next year. Eleven 4,100 TEU ships currently operate this service from Europe, via North America and Panama, to Australia and New Zealand. The Danish shipping company will still accept European cargo bound for Australia and New Zealand but, as of next year, the containers will be loaded onto vessels heading for the Far East and transshipped in Tanjung Pelepas or Singapore.
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.
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.
