News / ‘Slidings’, port omissions and short-notice network changes replace blanking

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Scheduling ‘slidings’, ad-hoc port omissions and short-notice network structural changes are replacing blankings as the new challenges for shippers in 2021.

The latest advisory on “service adjustments” comes from 2M partners Maersk and MSC, relating to the transpacific tradelane.

MSC said it had decided to make some “additional structural changes” on its transpacific network until further notice.

And Maersk said: “Due to market demand volatility and operational challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, including congestions across global supply chains, it is necessary to ...