DSV has taken the “extraordinary” step of chartering its own vessels to beat the China-Europe capacity crunch.
Amid one of the worst-ever capacity and equipment shortages in container shipping, the forwarder has chartered three multipurpose vessels for a direct sailing from Shanghai to the Danish port of Aarhus later this month.
A DSV spokesman told The Loadstar: “For now, this is only for one trip with each of the three 700-1,200 teu …