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Having already been obliged to idle two of its flagship 19,000 teu vessels because of weak Asia-North Europe bookings, MSC is cascading some of the 13,000 teu ships from the overcapacity-plagued trade onto its Europe-Mid East-South Asia service where demand is said to remain “comparatively robust”.
In an updated analysis of the trade, Drewry said the Geneva-headquartered carrier was leading the way in increasing ship size on the route, noting that it had deployed the 13,102 teu MSC Cristina and MSC Maria Saveria ...
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Giovanny
April 13, 2016 at 12:44 pmIs very important know the market actuallity Europe and Middle East/South Asia… but too South America situation is very important.
Your comment about this market is very important for us.. thanks