List of blanked transpac sailings grows as trade war heats up and demand cools
** EDITED AT 17:19 BST ON 09/04/25 TO INCLUDE COMMENT FROM ATLAS AIR, AND AT ...
By Mike Wackett
MSC has advised its customers it had taken an “exceptional decision”: to cover the costs of repairs, following a fire onboard the 13,492 teu Maersk Elba at the end of December, in order to avoid General Average.
The carrier said it wanted “to avoid additional costs or delays” for its customers.
The 2011-built vessel, deployed on Maersk’s AE1 + TP1 and MSC’s Shogun + Pearl Asia-North Europe and transpacific loop within the 2M alliance network, suffered an engine room fire off the ...
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