Estelle Maersk

Maersk Line and MSC have been obliged to blank a further Asia-North Europe 2M loop at the beginning of next month due to weaker-than-expected demand prospects.

The 14,500 teu Estelle Maersk (pictured above), deployed on the 2M’s AE2/Swan service, was scheduled to begin its westbound loading programme at Qingdao, China, on 2 March, but will now be held at anchor.

And after announcing their Chinese New Year blanking programme, the 2M partners took an eleventh-hour decision to withdraw the sailing of the ...

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  • Gary Ferrulli

    February 18, 2019 at 3:56 pm

    Just a quick reminder that the Maersk E class ships, starting with the Emma, were stated to be 11,000 teus when in fact they are 15,000 teus

    • Gavin van Marle

      February 18, 2019 at 4:09 pm

      Hi Gary,

      You are absolutely right. The article has been amended.
      Kind regards,
      Gavin

  • Frederik deCockBuning

    February 18, 2019 at 4:00 pm

    Interesting but have you also noted that the ‘casualty ship ‘ MSC Zoe not sailed with cargo since arriving early January in Bremerhaven after losing the 341 units.?