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News / Carriers slammed as capacity crunch makes waves for project cargo shippers

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North European shippers of heavylift and out-of-gauge cargo to the Middle East and Asia are being told by container lines there is no hope of shipment before June.

Over the past two years, container carriers have aggressively targeted the sector in an endeavour to fill empty slots on ...

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  • T Carter

    April 17, 2017 at 9:54 pm

    Lots of slots to fill and people are bombarded with calls, then the slots are filled, the routes are profitable and slots are now at a premium and the sales reps move onto the next targets and the carriers are not calling back….. welcome to the world of specialist, equipment-restrained transport!

    This is a perennial and cyclical issue – although painful tough it out and overcapacity will return, the fresh faced sales reps will begin calling again and you can get your own back.

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