News / Anyone got a ship for an east-west service? Carriers scramble for tonnage

APL Oregon

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By Charlotte Goldstone

13/06/2024

Ocean carriers are “scrambling for any tonnage” to provide additional capacity on east-west services, but the tonnage providers are “taking advantage” as the cost of chartering vessels has recently risen rapidly.

On Tuesday, French carrier CMA CGM announced its French Peak Service, which will see seven additional sailings of 7,000 teu vessels from Asia to North Europe and the Mediterranean.

They will start with the 30 June departure of the 6,350 teu APL Oregon, calling at Yantian-Cai Mep-Singapore-Le Havre-Antwerp, followed by a ...

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