News / Carriers blank voyages and look for port call inducements as demand slows

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Asia-North Europe carriers are managing the trade’s soft and irregular demand by blanking more sailings and making some port calls inducement-only.

A carrier contact told The Loadstar today schedules on the route were “in the mix” to ensure that niche demand peaks were covered.

He added: “We don’t want to lose out on getting a chunk of cargo just because our network is inflexible.”

MSC said today its 15,000 teu newbuild MSC Bianca Silvia, deployed on the 2M’s Griffin/AE55 loop, would not sail ...