THE Alliance (THEA) has followed rival 2M in adopting an ad hoc approach to extra capacity on the Asia-North Europe trade during the summer by adding an inducement loader in July and August.
Maersk and MSC launched the sweeper/Griffin service last month to mitigate the impact of the 2M’s suspension of its AE2/Swan loop.
Anecdotal reports to The Loadstar suggest load factors have been between 90% and 95% on the first sailing …
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