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© Anna Krasnopeeva

Maersk is leading the way in laying-up surplus tonnage while demand remains weak across the main east-west tradelanes, but the carrier could leave itself exposed to aggressive market share grabs by rivals.

According to an Alphaliner survey, Maersk tops the ocean carrier idle tonnage rankings, with ...

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  • Rajeev Kathuria

    March 22, 2023 at 2:06 pm

    It would be idle that instead of weekly sailing ,they make 10 days sailing & do Slow Steaming to counter this sluggish demand