Tag: 2M
MSC And Maersk Unwind Transatlantic Fleets As Rates Hit New Low
The unraveling of MSC and Maersk’s 2M vessel-sharing Alliance (VSA) fleet is continuing ahead of the termination of the east-west trades cooperation, slated for...
Maersk ‘Test Case’ Could Shift the Container Shipping Equilibrium
Maersk 'test case' could shift balance of power in container shipping, reports the Loadstar.
Complaints of carrier misdeeds
Since the pandemic began, complaints of carrier misdeeds...
FMC Puts Ocean Liners Under the Microscope
The three global ocean carrier alliances (2M, OCEAN, and THE), and each of their affiliates, will now be required to provide more detailed information...
2M Slot Charter To Be Replaced By Hapag-Lloyd’s Express China...
Hapag-Lloyd has reacted to the 2M’s decision to terminate its slot charter deals with rival carriers by launching a standalone China to North...
2M Reinstates Transpacific Trades Pleading for Empty Containers’ Return
The TP8/Orient and TP11/Elephant services, which had been structurally blanked in the second quarter had been reinstated.
Maersk warned shippers there was still...
Lesser Blank-sailings in Trans-Pacific Implies Positive Trend in Q3
Fewer trans-Pacific sailings will be “blanked” (canceled) in the third quarter — potentially many fewer — as U.S. importers recuperate from the first...
Insufficient Cargo Leads To the Tumbling of Scheduled Voyages
Maersk and MSC cancel the 2M AE7/Swan loop from China to North Europe at the last minute.
UK-based forwarder Westbound Logistics advises customers...