Airfreight players eye new routes as demand on the transpacific nosedives
The sudden fall in demand for airfreight on the transpacific is beginning to trigger capacity ...
By Mike Wackett
Maersk has suspended an Asia-US east coast loop, confirming that transpacific ocean carriers are seeing a reduction in bookings to North American ports on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts.
The carrier announced the last sailing of its TP28 pendulum service would be performed by the 4,447 teu Merkur Archipelago�from Vung Tau, Vietnam, on 13 October.
Thereafter, the loop will be merged into Maersk’s TP20 pendulum service, with a revised rotation of: Jakarta-Vung Tau-Shanghai-Ningbo-Busan-Panama Canal-Mobile-Newark, returning to Jakarta via the Suez Canal.�The ...
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