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Skipped sailings coordinated to reduce capacity

Asia

Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Two rival groups of ocean carriers with separate weekly loops in the Asia-to-east coast of South America trade are each skipping alternate sailings and taking slots on each other's ships to reduce their overall capacity provided by about 50 percent. The Hanjin Shipping/Zim Lines/CCNI partners have slowed their ALX loop to extra-slow steam with a roundtrip voyage of 84 days, now matching the already-slowed 84-day roundtrip voyage time of the NYK/"K" L...

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