據路透社報道，布魯塞爾當地時間4月10日，世界第一大船公司馬士基航運通過了歐盟的反壟斷審查，獲批收購漢堡南美，附帶條件是漢堡南美需從五條航線中退出。

　　這五條貿易航線分別是：

　　北歐-中美洲/加勒比海

　　北歐-南美洲西海岸

　　北歐-中東

　　地中海-南美洲西海岸

　　地中海-南美洲東海岸

　　World No. 1 shipping company Maersk Line gained EU antitrust approval on Monday for its acquisition of Hamburg Sud(HSDG) after agreeing to pull the German company out from five consortia on trade routes to address competition concerns. The bid by Maersk, part of Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk , underscores the wave of mergers in an industry struggling with over-capacity and slowing global trade.

　　Hamburg Sud will withdraw from the consortia on trade routes connecting northern Europe to central America, the west coast of South America and the Middle East, the European Commission said in a statement, confirming a Reuters story on April 7.

　　The German company will also pull out from the trade route groups connecting the Mediterranean to the west coast of South America and the east coast of South America. Such consortia or alliances are vessel-sharing agreements where members decide jointly on capacity-setting, scheduling and ports of call.

　　“The commitments offered by Maersk Line and HSDG will maintain a healthy level of competition to the benefit of the very many EU companies that depend on these container shipping services,” European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said.

　　上周五，馬士基航運宣布將剝離其在巴西的子公司，以安撫巴西反壟斷監管機構經濟保護和管理委員會(CADE)。馬士基航運的發言人Michael Storgaard表示，他們預計將于本周初出結果，但對結果不予置評。

　　此前，有報道稱歐盟反壟斷監管機構將于3月27日宣布是否同意馬士基航運收購漢堡南美相關事宜，但隨后歐盟監管機構推遲對該交易的裁決，推遲兩周至4月10日，以考量馬士基航運和漢堡南美對反壟斷機構所作出的讓步。

　　除了歐盟，該交易還必須得到美國、中國、澳大利亞、韓國和巴西的監管機構的批準。