Blank Sailings

Maersk vessel omits Auckland due to weather conditions

Maersk announced that due to adverse weather conditions which are expected to delay Polaris service vessel Nicolai Maersk en route to Melbourne, the vessel will omit the port of Auckland.

The Danish carrier said it took this decision to minimise any further Polaris schedule disruption and to allow for schedule recovery.

The contingency plan for affected cargo will be as follows:

Exports currently booked for Nicolai Maersk 327E and loading/transshipping at Melbourne for Auckland will load Maersk...

https://container-news.com/maersk-vessel-omits-auckland-due-to-weather-conditions/

THE Alliance leads blank sailing race

Drewry has published the weekly Cancelled Sailings Tracker service which provides a snapshot of cancelled sailings announced by each container shipping alliance against the total number of scheduled sailings.

During the eighth week (20 February – 26 February) and the 12th week (20 March – 26 March) of the year, 71 cancelled sailings were announced throughout the Transpacific, Transatlantic, and Asia-North Europe & Mediterranean trades, indicating a 10% cancellation rate.

According to Drewry’s...

https://container-news.com/the-alliance-leads-blank-sailing-race/

Deployed capacity drops sharply in CNY 2023

Five weeks ago, Sea-Intelligence analysed the scheduled East/West capacity for the four-week 2023 Chinese New Year (CNY) period.

The results have shown that the 2023 CNY capacity is going to be higher than in past years, despite the slowdown in demand.

Sea-Intelligence’s analysts noted that carriers will be able to bring capacity back in line with the historical levels.

Source: Sea-Intelligence.com, Sunday Spotlight, issue 598

As it appears in the figure above, carriers were able to bring scheduled...

https://container-news.com/deployed-capacity-drops-sharply-in-cny-2023/

Mainline operators cut 27% of Europe and Mediterranean sailings

The first seven weeks of 2023 have seen 27% of Asia-Europe sailings axed as carriers respond to collapsed demand, according to Alphaliner’s report.

Alphaliner’s calculations state that normally, from 1 January to 17 February, there would be 196 sailings from the carriers’ 18 Far East-North Europe and 10 Far East-Mediterranean services.

However, the carriers’ most recent forward schedules for the upcoming weeks suggest that 53 of these planned voyages have been removed due to insufficient volumes.

A...

https://container-news.com/mainline-operators-cut-27-of-europe-and-mediterranean-sailings/

2M ‘Ghost Ship’ Leaves Asia As Market Slumps

Credits: Chris Pagan/ Unsplash
  • The high number of blanked sailings from Asia to North Europe is leading to some carriers operating “ghost ship” loops on the tradelane.
  • 2M’s capacity management strategy for the demand slump, and the expected slack period after Chinese New Year.

A Loadstar news source says that demand slump sees 2M ‘ghost ship’ sailings out of Asia.

Alphaliner report

Alphaliner reported this week that the 2M’s AE1/Shogun service was showing just the 14,036 teu MSC Alexandra on a...

https://mfame.guru/2m-ghost-ship-leaves-asia-as-market-slumps/

Sea-Intelligence sees deployed capacity remain high during CNY 2023

Chinese New Year (CNY) sees a production slowdown in Asia while the major shipping lines announce blank sailings in order to bring supply in line with demand.

According to Sea-Intelligence, in 2020, the CNY extended due to the Covid outbreak, while in both 2021 and 2022 the shipping lines kept capacity high in order to cater to the high demand levels.

Moreover, given that demand growth has now stagnated, and freight rates are continuing to drop, it would make sense for the shipping lines to blank...

https://container-news.com/sea-intelligence-sees-deployed-capacity-remain-high-during-cny-2023/

Rates Hike As Carriers Begin To Benefit From Blank Voyages

Credit: Andy Li/Unsplash
  • “However, for weeks 51 and 52, carriers have scheduled no blank sailings on Asia-North America west coast, which is a reflection of carrier indecision on how to approach the potential pre-Chinese New Year rush.”
  • “It appears more to be a wait-and-see approach, in terms of whether there will be a seasonal demand spike,” he added.
  • Asia-US east coast prices on Freightos FBX climbed 2% week on week, to $5,767 per 40ft, which is 64% lower than rates for this week last year.

De...

https://mfame.guru/rates-hike-as-carriers-begin-to-benefit-from-blank-voyages/

Sea-Intelligence reports rapid ramp-up in Transpacific blank sailings

Sea Intelligence, with the help of the Blank Sailings Tracker, looked at how carriers are reacting to the collapse of demand, particularly for imports to North America and Europe, in terms of blanking sailings.

The following figure shows a snapshot of the additional blank sailings that were announced (or unannounced ones that were captured by Sea-Intelligence) for the week 42-52 period.

Source: Sea-Intelligence.com, Sunday Spotlight, issue 588

The number of void sailings has been ramped up...

https://container-news.com/sea-intelligence-reports-rapid-ramp-up-in-transpacific-blank-sailings/

2M Alliance suspends Sequoia/TP3 service due to US West Coast reduced demand

2M Alliance of Maersk and MSC has decided to suspend its Sequoia/TP3 service due to reduced demand for shipments into the US West Coast during the past weeks.

As from vessel Gerner Maersk, voyage 242N – PF position 18 October in Ningbo, and until further notice, there will be no more sailings on the Sequoia service, according to a recent MSC’s statement.

The Sequoia service will be merged into 2M Alliance’s TP2/Jaguar service, with the following rotation:

Shekou – Nansha – Yantian – Ningbo –...

https://container-news.com/2m-alliance-suspends-sequoia-tp3-service-due-to-us-west-coast-reduced-demand/

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