Box lines are tradionally using blank sailings to manage supply in relation to demand, but during the pandemic, shipping lines were forced to blank...

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Sea-Intelligence reports sharp drop in blank sailings

Ioanna Kontos - April 18, 2024 0

Spot rates have experienced a continuous decline over the past several months. In response, shipping lines face two possible strategies. One option is to increase...

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Carriers set for major blanking programme

Container News Team - December 4, 2023 0

Hong Kong consultancy Linerlytica suggests that the carriers are struggling to achieve the General Rate Increases (GRIs) that they have supposedly imposed amongst the...

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Running out of time to bring capacity down, reports Sea-Intelligence

Container News Team - November 22, 2023 0

Danish maritime data analysts of Sea-Intelligence looked at the post-Golden week capacity deployment on Transpacific and Asia-Europe in the 42nd week of the year...

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Blank sailings boost NCFI

Container News Team - October 18, 2023 0

The composite Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI) quoted 622.2 points in Week 41, which improved 4.8% from the previous week and has remained on...

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Blanked sailings gain pace following China’s Golden Week holiday

Container News Team - October 10, 2023 0

Vespucci Maritime's Lars Jensen wrote in the Baltic Exchange's latest commentary that the number of sailings being blanked in the wake of Golden Week...

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Container lines add blank sailings to match supply with lower demand in Golden Week

Ioanna Kontos - September 14, 2023 0

With the upcoming Golden Week holiday in Asia in early October, as factories close, and container demand to and from Asia declines, shipping lines...

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More blanked sailings expected in October

Container News Team - September 11, 2023 0

Vespucci Maritime CEO Jars Jensen predicts that a wave of blank sailings could be announced in October, as China’s exports are set to fall...

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Sea-Intelligence analysis: Shortage of blanks in Golden week

Ioanna Kontos - August 30, 2023 0

Sea-Intelligence reports that we are currently 5 weeks away from the Chinese National Holiday known as Golden Week, and carriers may turn to blank...

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Blanked sailings now the norm

Container News Team - August 16, 2023 0

Blanked Asia-Europe sailings have become expected in liner operators' routines, according to Alphaliner's latest report today (16 August). Record newbuilding deliveries have made operators reduce...

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Sea-Intelligence analysis: Clear ramp-up in Transpacific blank sailings

Container News Team - August 3, 2023 0

Sea Intelligence said the main challenge with measuring the market’s supply/demand strength is that demand data is "notoriously lagged". Hence, in terms of the market...

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Maersk vessel to omit Napier due to weather conditions

Container News Team - July 10, 2023 0

Maersk announced that due to the ongoing impact of current weather conditions and high swells on shipping movements at Napier port in Australia, the...

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