USTR fees will lead to 'complete destabilisation' of container shipping alliances
The USTR fees for China-built shipping threaten a “complete destabilisation” of the ocean alliances, as ...
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The Ocean Alliance is facing a profound network shake-up as its members prepare to welcome a large tranche of ultra-large containership (ULCV) capacity next year.
Yesterday saw the unveiling of the 2018 service network for its members, Cosco, CMA CGM, Evergreen and OOCL.
While its rivals – the 2M and THE alliances – have relatively modest and well-established orderbooks for the largest class of box ships, the Ocean is set to see the make-up of its respective fleets undergo radical change, according to liner consultancy ...
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Gary Ferrulli
December 26, 2017 at 4:07 pmNo doubt with new tonnage being introduced, some disruption, but if industry survived April 2017, then same will occur. The questions remaining are with the extreme top heavy carrier industry emerging, will it influence decision making, especially in pricing? The new capacity CAN be managed if they chose to do so.
The decision is in their hands, it remains to be seen what they do with that decision making power.