News / DSV sails into the charter market in a 'one-off deal' to beat the capacity crunch

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DSV has taken the “extraordinary” step of chartering its own vessels to beat the China-Europe capacity crunch.

Amid one of the worst-ever capacity and equipment shortages in container shipping, the forwarder has chartered three multipurpose vessels for a direct sailing from Shanghai to the Danish port of Aarhus later this month.

A DSV spokesman told The Loadstar: “For now, this is only for one trip with each of the three 700-1,200 teu vessels. It is an offer for multiple customers and includes all ...