This "heroic deed" was seen as the greatest achievement of Dutch football until the introduction of professional football (1954). Spanish professional football consists of five levels, the Primera División, the Segunda División A, the Primera División RFEF (divided into two leagues), the Segunda División RFEF (divided into four leagues) and the Tercera División RFEF (divided into eighteen leagues). Two of the four Ecuadorian goals came from Felipe Caicedo, a 17-year-old talent who is under contract with FC Basel and was allowed to play for fun despite not being included in the World Cup squad. In 1978, ScanZeal was added and the name was changed to ScanCarriers. ScanZeal was a collaboration between Wilhelmsen and EAC between Europe and New Zealand between 1965 and 1978. In 1978 PFEL went bankrupt and APL took over the ships. It built the C5-S-75a general cargo ships Alaskan Mail, Hong Kong Mail, Indian Mail, Korean Mail and American Mail in 1968-69, which could also carry 332 TEU, and had four freighters converted to full container ships in 1972, but was completed the following year. acquired by APL. The first nine ships were built for what Maersk called the Panama Line, the Adrian Mærsk, Arnold Mærsk, Albert Mærsk, Anna Mærsk, Alva Mærsk, Arthur Mærsk, Axel Mærsk, Anders Mærsk and Arild Mærsk with a capacity of 1984 TEU.

The Arthur Mærsk was the first and received a new stern, after which the old stern was converted for the next one, while some were also given ro-ro capability. The Svendborg Mærsk was Maersk's first full container ship in 1974 and was intended for service between Europe and the Far East, but was the only one of its class and was initially deployed on the AECS. ANL brought in the Australian Enterprise which was later deployed on the AECS, while K Line deployed the Australian Searoader and Flinders deployed the Matthew Flinders. ANL also contributed the conro Australian Enterprise to the AECS. Associated Container Transportation (ACT) was formed in 1966 by Ellerman Lines, Blue Star Line, Ben Line, Harrison Line and Port Line and with ACT 1 and ACT 2 of 1223 TEU delivered in 1969, these joined Australia Europe established in 1970 Container Services (AECS). Initially sailing to Japan from the American west coast, this was expanded in 1969 to South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan and Hong Kong. From the west coast, East Asiatic Company (EAC, Østasiatiske Kompagni, ØK) with Blue Star Line and Johnson Line formed Johnson ScanStar in 1972.

180 and SL181 to Sea-Land and two others to Pacific Far East Lines, which went bankrupt, after which these ships also came into the hands of Sea-Land as Sea-Land Consumer and Sea-Land Producer. East Asiatic Company and Transatlantic started in 1969 with Wilh. Manchester Liners began service between Manchester and Halifax in 1969 with the Manchester Challenge, Manchester Courage, Manchester Concorde and Manchester Crusade with a capacity of 527 TEU. The size of the ships was limited by the Manchester Ship Canal. In addition to the ships of OCL, ACT and ANL, this service consisted of the 1526 TEU Melbourne Express and 1507 TEU Sydney Express of Hapag-Lloyd, the Abel Tasman of Nedlloyd, the 1490 TEU Kangourou of Compagnie des messageries maritimes (MM) and Lloyd Triestino's Lloydiana. ACT and ANL established their own service in 1972, but returned in 1977 to what became Australia New Zealand Europe Container Service (ANZECS) with the addition of New Zealand and New Zealand Shipping Corporation's New Zealand Pacific.

The ACT 3, delivered in 1969, was taken over by the Australian National Line (ANL) as Australian Endeavour, followed in 1971-72 by the ACT 3, ACT 4, ACT 5 of 1294 TEU and the ACT 6 of 1326 TEU. A third partnership began in 1969. Dart Container Line consisted of Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB), Bristol City Line and Clarke Traffic Services and pending new construction the service was started with four existing CMB vessels, de Breughel, Jordaens, Rubens and Teniers. In 1969, K Line, ANL and Flinders Shipping Company started the Eastern Searoad Service (ESS) between Australia and Asia. Wallenius Lines, Swedish American Line (Broström), Transatlantic Steamship Company and Holland-Amerika Lijn (HAL) were followed before the official establishment in 1967 by Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT) and shortly afterwards by Cunard Line. Matson expanded Hawaii service to the Far East in 1967 with the Hawaiian Planter and Hawaiian Craftsman converted for that purpose and named Pacific Trader and Pacific Banker respectively and with a capacity of 464 containers. Hamburg-America Line (HAPAG) and Norddeutscher Lloyd started a four-ship service as Hapag-Lloyd Container Line from 1968, of which the Weser Express and Mosel Express had a capacity of 624 TEU and the Elbe Express and Alster Express 736 TEU.