News / Shippers spooked by fear of box shortages amid carrier 'opportunism'

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The message from ocean carrier operations centres is to urgently evacuate as much equipment as possible from Europe and the US back to Asia on the first available sailings.

Exporters from Europe and the US have hitherto enjoyed an abundance of containers provided by carriers, as depots have for some time been brim-full of equipment of all types.

However, there will now be concerns that there could be a repeat of the post-Covid demand boom, when lines opted to reposition boxes to ...