Eastbound Europe-Asia bookings back on, but at a price

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Well that one didn’t last long – Maersk has started taking bookings once more on the eastbound Europe to Asia route.

Perhaps it was the thought of losing market share. Few of Maersk’s rivals publicly announced that they had stopped taking bookings, but according to Loadstar sources, several did. Those who continued to take bookings, instead announced a series of rate increases under a variety of guises: equipment imbalance surcharges, overweight surcharges on containers carrying waste cargoes, or just plain old ...