News / MSC switches bigger box ships to higher-paying trades in 'landmark' move

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MSC has switched “essentially all” its megamax vessels from Far East-to-North Europe services to the Far East-Med and Asia-West Africa trades to benefit from rising spot rates, according to Alphaliner today.  

Alphaliner said this was “a landmark development” for Asia-West Africa trades, on which the largest vessels currently deployed were 16,600 teu. This “surprise move” was “primarily driven by the carrier’s desire to profit from the high rates in the Asia West Africa trade”, according to the analyst. 

Before the recent ...