News / Alliances schedule 75 blankings for Q3, as hopes of peak season demand fade

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2M partners Maersk and MSC are to extend the suspension of their AE2/Swan Asia-North Europe and AE20/Dragon Asia-Mediterranean loops into the peak season.

And rivals THE Alliance and Ocean Alliance have also announced service suspensions and blankings for the third quarter, including the former extending the suspension of its FE4 loop until the end of September.

This mid-term blanking strategy by the 2M, no doubt decided after feedback from major volume customers, effectively rules out the prospect of any traditional peak season ...