News / Aggressive voyage blanking was a matter of survival, claims Hapag-Lloyd CEO

© Khunaspix Dreamstime.

Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen has defended criticism of the aggressive blanking strategy of ocean carriers at the start of the pandemic, saying that it was “a matter of survival”.

He said he did not expect to see many void sailings in the first quarter of next year, but warned of vessel “slidings” from the impact of port congestion.

“One of the challenges we have today is that we get many more bookings than normal. To give you an idea, we carry ...