I forbindelse med sin omstrukturering indgik sagsøgeren i marts 1998 en samarbejdsaftale (United Alliance) med DSR-Senator Lines, Hanjin Shipping og United Arab Shipping Company om levering af pakkeløsninger på ruterne over Stillehavet, mellem Europa og Asien, over Atlanten og i Middelhavet.
As part of its restructuring, in March 1998 the applicant entered into a cooperation agreement ('United Alliance') with DSR-Senator Lines, Hanjin Shipping and United Arab Shipping Company relating to the provision of integrated liner services on the transpacific, Europe-Asia, transatlantic and Mediterranean routes.