In 1966 Johnson Line order five container vessel at Wärtsilä shipyard in Åbo, Finland to the new open container line to the west coast of North America in 1969 together with the ship in the Rio - series rebuild semi container vessels. Then they need more special vessels on North Pacific-trade. But after a long discussion Nordstjernan solves the problem, sailing together with other ship owners. It was the Danish Østasiatiske Kompagnie and the English Blue Star Line, which 1972 begin to sail together with nine vessels under the name Johnson Scan Star. Nordstjernan have five ships and the other two had two ships each.

1984 was the container vessel Bo Johnson delivered from Nippon Kokan in Yokohama for the line of South Americas West coast. Bo Johnson sail together with other containerships in the Eurosal-consortium. The Eurosal-consortium was build between nine European and South American ship owners: Johnson Line, Armement Deppe (Antwerp), Compania Naviera Marasia (Madrid), Compania Sud-Americana de Vapores (Valparaiso), Hapag-Lloyd (Hamburg/Bremen), Lineas Navieras Bolivianas (La Paz), Nedlloyd (Rotterdam), Pacific Steam Navigation Company (Liverpool) and Transportes Navieros Ecuatorianos (Guayaquil). In 1987 Empremar (Chile) and CNP (Peru) join the Eurosal-consortium. Johnson Lines share was 6,5%.

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M/V Axel Johnson IV (SMPN)

Built new at Wärtsilä shipyard in Åbo, Finland as hull number 1169.

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M/V Annie Johnson III (SLFT)

Built new at Wärtsilä shipyard in Åbo, Finland as hull number 1170.

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M/V Margaret Johnson II (SHGT)

Built new at Wärtsilä shipyard in Åbo, Finland as hull number 1171.

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M/V San Francisco II (SJZN/26216)

Built new at Wärtsilä shipyard in Åbo, Finland as hull number 1172.

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M/V Antonia Johnson (SEDT/26037)

Built new at Wärtsilä shipyard in Åbo, Finland as hull number 1173.

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M/V Bo Johnson (SKYH)

Built new at Nippon Kokan in Tsurumi, Japan as hull number T1010.

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