News / Under-pressure feeders now threatened by ocean lines' expansion

Wes Amelie

Having lost significant business as a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, commercial feeder operators in North Europe face reduced transhipment demand, together with the increasing threat of ocean carrier customers operating their own services.

According to a new Alphaliner survey, MSC still dominates the intra-European carrier market, with a one-third share, although CMA CGM had the greatest capacity growth in the 12 months to February.

The consultant found both carriers had increased capacity in the period, despite the war in ...