small container ship port of hamburg

Geodis is the latest forwarder to charter capacity out of China amid continuing “chaos” for Asia-Europe container shippers.

The forwarder has chartered a 1,000 teu vessel for a direct sailing from Shanghai to Hamburg, departing 20 January.

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  • Daniel Pettersson

    January 12, 2021 at 4:54 pm

    Fascinating how much fuzz DSV managed to make with their charters. Must have read about on the loadstaf at least five times by now. And now Geodis.

    DHL already chartered three 1000 teu-vessels since December but apparently forgot to send out a press release.

    • Alex Lennane

      January 12, 2021 at 4:57 pm

      Nice comment! It must be said, though, that DHL has never, ever forgotten to send out a PR in our experience…