Red Sea crisis forces Maersk to increase capacity over strategy limit
Maersk Line appears to have temporarily abandoned its strategy of maintaining capacity at no more ...
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By Mike Wackett
The G6 alliance is to extend its weekly blanking of westbound Asia-Europe voyages until the end of December.
The carrier blames continuing soft cargo forecasts and oscillating rate levels and will void 10 scheduled sailings between weeks 43 and 53.
The move follows the G6’s announcement on 18 August that it was cancelling a further four sailings between weeks 40 and 43.
And there could be more blanked voyages to come, the G6 bleakly warned.
The strategy of both the six-member G6 vessel sharing ...
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