All alliances reinstate transpacific capacity
(WorldNews Denmark)

All three east-west alliances have now committed to reinstate blanked sailings in October on the booming transpacific tradelane. Maersk, part of the 2M vessel sharing agreement, communicated last week its intention to reinstate blanked sailings from Asia to the west coast of North America next month, citing enormous pent-up demand, as has Cosco and subsidiary OOCL, both of whom are in the Ocean Alliance. THE Alliance member Hapag-Lloyd, meanwhile, has...