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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.
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Comment on this article
Gary Ferrulli
February 18, 2019 at 3:56 pmJust 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 pmHi Gary,
You are absolutely right. The article has been amended.
Kind regards,
Gavin
Frederik deCockBuning
February 18, 2019 at 4:00 pmInteresting 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.?