News / Vessel juggling leaves ocean alliances short of Asia-Europe capacity

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Despite the large tranches of new container shipping capacity hitting the water in recent months, Asia-Europe services are still short of ships to the tune of almost 10%, according to new research from Alphaliner.

The analyst said that as a result of the Red Sea crisis and diversion of vessels around the Cape of Good Hope, the number of ships needed to maintain weekly service frequency from Asia to Europe had risen from the 321 needed for the 27 services offered ...