- Container shipping has announced marginal capacity reductions in the third quarter on the transpacific and Asia-Europe lanes amid continuing strengthening of spot rates, according to analyst Sea-Intelligence.
- Ocean Alliance have so far announced capacity reductions of 1% to 4% on Asia-Europe compared to 20% to 25% for 2M.
- THE Alliance, while they have announced 2% to 5% on transpacific compared to 3% to 10% for 2M and 9% to 15% for THE Alliance.
A recently published article in the Seatrade Maritime News reveals how the container shipping announces the marginal capacity reductions in the forthcoming quarter.
Blank sailings
“As we start week 25 (this week), a little more than 4m teu of capacity has been blanked, equivalent to 3.2 times the 2020 Chinese New Year blank sailings,” said Alan Murphy, ceo of Sea-Intelligence.
Murphy noted that carriers have announced “only” 53,500 teu of blank sailings in week 24, with the total blank sailings crossing the 4m teu mark.
Ocean Alliance and THE Alliance
Ocean Alliance announces a capacity reductions of 1% to 4% on Asia-Europe compared to 20% to 25% for 2M. THE Alliance, announces 2% to 5% on transpacific compared to 3% to 10% for 2M and 9% to 15% for THE Alliance.
“The freight rates are also strengthening further on the transpacific and Asia-Europe trades, with Asia-US West Coast increasing by 102% and Asia-US East Coast by 22% following the post-Chinese New Year bottoming out,” Murphy said.
“Freight rates on Asia-Europe have also increased following the post-Chinese New Year decline, in line with Asia-US East Coast, with Asia-North Europe increasing by 21% and Asia-Mediterranean by 13%,” he added.
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Source: Seatrade Maritime News
