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By Mike Wackett
After successive weeks of blanking its AE1/Shogun Asia-North Europe loop, the 2M Alliance has finally confirmed that the service is to be suspended.
It is the first alliance service on the tradelane to be officially culled and is likely to be followed by the removal of more in the weeks to come as ocean carriers try to mitigate the impact of significantly reduced demand.
According to Alphaliner, the AE1/Shogun loop has been cancelled each week since early December by 2M partners Maersk and MSC. It had deployed ...
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