News / Demand puts pressure on Maersk Spot, but ocean-rail service now permanent

Strong customer demand has forced Maersk to remove its Maersk Spot product from some departures.

Maersk Spot offers a loading guarantee, online booking and a fixed price and forwarders reported it had been disabled, with “Maersk unable to get the bookings away on westbound,” said one.

“Even if you want to pay, you can’t play!”

A spokesperson for Maersk told The Loadstar: “We can confirm that we have taken the Maersk Spot product off the shelf for certain departures, due to our vessels being fully ...