Ocean carriers are looking to extend transit times in a bid to improve schedule reliability and cut costs
They are starting to add more buffer time into schedules to mitigate the impact of chronic global port congestion.
Hapag-Lloyd said today it was adding seven days to the westbound schedule of its AS2 Asia to South America east coast schedule for 13 weeks – one of two loops it operates on the trade …
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