News / CMA CGM pulls another Asia-North Europe sailing as demand weakens further

cma cgm© Vladimir Serebryanskiy

© Vladimir Serebryanskiy

By Mike Wackett

24/07/2019

CMA CGM has advised its customers that it will withdraw a further peak season headhaul Asia-North Europe voyage as demand continues to disappoint on the key tradelane.

In an advisory yesterday, the French carrier said it was voiding the sailing of its 13,892 teu APL Singapura, which was due to depart from Tianjin on 15 August and Shanghai on 24 August, “due to fluctuations between supply and demand” on the route.

The blanking of the APL Singapura is the fifth by the ...

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