News / THE Alliance plans to 'port-hop' if strike goes ahead, says Yang Ming

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Carrier members of THE Alliance could resort to ’port-hopping’ or skipping calls at strike-hit US east and Gulf coast ports, according to Yang Ming president Cliff Pai.

He said yesterday that a strike from 1 October would shut down the ports, impacting Yang Ming and THEA fellows Hapag-Lloyd, ONE and HMM.

Mr Pai said: “While shippers have begun diverting containers to the US west coast, it is not a perfect solution as US inland transportation has limited capacity. Once a strike occurs, ...