From east-west to north-south After establishing these round-the-world east-west shipping routes, this giant of the shipping world cast its eyes upon developing north-south shipping routes to developing nations. These extended its routes to the markets of East Asia, Central and South America, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, South Africa, the Adriatic Sea, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and Australia.
在完成環球東西向航線後，這個航運業的龍頭老大，卻眼光獨具地轉向開發中國家的南北航線，延伸到東亞、北美、中南美、加勒比海、地中海、南非、亞得里海、紅海、波斯灣、澳洲等市場。