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 ...
MSC has joined a growing list of container carriers ruling out operating vessels in the Arctic, due to thinning sea ice round the North Pole.
This is despite the fact that these conditions have made the Northern Sea Route between Europe and Asia increasingly viable for the lines.
The Geneva-headquartered carrier said it would focus on “improving environmental performance on existing global trade routes”, as it had become “convinced that the 21m containers moved each year for its customers can be transported ...
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Martyn Benson
October 17, 2019 at 3:49 pmHapag Lloyd also said they wouldn’t go North but COSCO and Maersk have both indicated that they will explore the NSR (in the case of Maersk they already have run one ship that way).
I wonder how Maersk reconciles their alleged climate-friendly approach and reductions of emissions with their choice of Arctic routings? Green-washing?