News / Asia-Med trade to see huge capacity increases from 2M and Ocean Three

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According to Alphaliner the launch of the 2M and Ocean Three (O3) alliances in mid-January will add around 19% extra weekly capacity to the Asia-Mediterranean trade, although between Asia and North Europe the increase on current capacity offered by the members of the two alliances will be the far less ambitious 2%.

Overall, the analyst calculates that the 2M and O3 will add an additional 4% weekly capacity across their east-west networks, but it is the big hike in weekly slots ...