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Anticipated low demand in October for container bookings between Asia and North Europe has forced G6 alliance members to announce two further blanked voyages.

OOCL advised yesterday that the G6 Loop 5 sailing scheduled to be performed by the OOCL France in week 39 will be ...

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  • Gary

    August 24, 2016 at 1:47 pm

    Rates in asia prepaid are already at 700 USD a hc for September sailings, only a matter of time when they ll be 400-500 a hc.
    ASIA carriers know it’s slow but they want to continue publishing silly fak rates and creating the hype.
    Seriously ???

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