VOID SAILINGS

MSC and OOCL unveil Golden Week blank sailings

MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company) and OOCL (Orient Overseas Container Line) have announced void sailings due to the October Golden Week holiday, with the lines expecting a decline in demand for this period, and for the period immediately after Golden Week.

MSC’s blank sailing programme will start from week 41, 5 October:

Asia to US East Coast

Week 41 Omission/ Amberjack service
blanking voyage 36E, ETA Tianjin 8 October 2020
to and via: Kingston, Savannah, Charleston, Jacksonville, Wilmington
Al...

https://container-news.com/msc-and-oocl-unveil-golden-week-blank-sailings/

Maersk unveils first Golden Week blank sailings

Maersk has announced its first blank sailings during the Chinese Golden Week period in October. The Danish carrier aims to manage the reduced demand for the next several weeks with the following void sailings:

2020 West Bound Golden Week Blanking Programme

Week Service Vessel Voyage First Load Port / ETD Last Load Port / ETD

41

40

AE5

Murcia Maersk

041W

Dalian / 5 October 2020

Tanjung Pelepas / 24 October 2020

AE55

041W

Shanghai / 5 October 2020

Tanjung Pelepas /...

https://container-news.com/maersk-unveils-first-golden-week-blank-sailings/

THE Alliance announces September void sailings amid Covid-19 pandemic

THE Alliance has announced its updated service adjustments in September in order to manage demand in the shipping market amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The alliance members, Hapag-Lloyd, Yang Ming, ONE and HMM, have announced the following changes.

Asia and North Europe

FP1/FP2/FE2/FE3 will maintain their weekly sailings.

The FE4 Extra Loader Program will be continued from week 36 to week 39 with rotation adjusted as follows:

Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Yantian – Singapore – (Suez Canal) –...

https://container-news.com/the-alliance-announces-september-void-sailings-amid-covid-19-pandemic/

Pandemic effects force lines to continuous schedule adjustments

In terms of blanked sailings and capacity management, there are no signs of recovery going forward into the third quarter, according to a Braemar container trade and shipping analyst, as the peak season demand is likely to be subdued.

“A controlled and phased blanked sailing strategy will continue and when demand recovers, a phased and controlled re-introduction of tonnage is likely to happen. Liner companies will aim to maintain rates rather than increase them significantly,” the Braemar...

https://container-news.com/pandemic-effects-force-lines-to-continuous-schedule-adjustments/

Challenging Asian market sees additional service cancellations

Maersk has decided to implement new blank sailings due to market demand reductions in Far East Asia, Indian Subcontinent and Pakistan caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the challenges in the supply chain.

Impacted Trade: Far East Asia to/from Indian Subcontinent and Pakistan

Service Vessel Voyage (Westbound) First Port / ETD Voyage (Eastbound) First Port / ETD

PKX

MEA DUMMY 31

031W

Qingdao / 28 July 2020

034E

Mundra / 18 August 2020

PKX2

COSCO PACIFIC

065W

Shangh...

https://container-news.com/challenging-asian-market-sees-additional-service-cancellations/

Major lines continue service cancellation programmes

In connection with the upcoming summer slack season, Maersk has decided to make two suspensions of the ME1 service in weeks 30 and 32 out of Europe. However, the service will run in standard rotation in between.

The Danish carrier said that the port calls on the ME1 service will be covered on other services in its network.

The suspended ME1 vessels:

Week Service Vessel Voyage First Load Port / Date Last Load Port / Date

30

ME1

Monte Verde

030E

Felixstowe / 25 July 2020

Rotterdam...

https://container-news.com/major-lines-continue-their-blanking-programmes-around-the-world/

Erratic rate discipline undermined the lines in 2011, can they hold their nerve in 2020?

A senior analyst believes that the crucial test for the carriers will come when the battle against the Covid-19 virus has turned in the society’s favour and the lines can see a significant rebound in demand.

Up to now the lines have managed to maintain their rate discipline with lines acting to maintain utilisation levels and to cut their costs by idling capacity, either through installing scrubber technology, using vessels on extended routes, round the horn of Africa rather than through Suez,...

https://container-news.com/blank-sailings-and-schedule-adjustments-continue-in-the-summer/

European lines serve up more Q3 service cancellations

Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have announced additional void sailings in the third quarter as the disruption caused by the Covid-19 crisis continues into the second half of the year.

Maersk has unveiled that it will cancel more sailings in its Far East Asia services, as follows:

Impacted Trade: Far East Asia to/from Indian Subcontinent, Pakistan and Middle East

Service Vessel Voyage (Westbound) First Port / ETD Voyage (Eastbound) First Port / ETD

PKX2

COSCO THAILAND

074W

Shanghai / 25 June...

https://container-news.com/european-lines-serve-up-more-q3-service-cancellations/

Alliances’ blank sailings continue in the third quarter

Shipping alliances have announced third quarter void sailings due as the repercussions of the global pandemic continues to affect the trades and in spite of evidence that the US economy is slowly seeing demand recover.

THE Alliance comprised of Hapag-Lloyd, Yang Ming, Ocean Network Express (ONE) and HMM, will adjust its schedules for July, August and September in the Asia – North Europe trades and in July for the remaining trades, in order to match decreased market demand, caused by the Covid-19...

https://container-news.com/alliances-blank-sailings-continue-in-the-third-quarter/

Rate levels not costs key to mitigating carrier 2020 losses

Maintaining freight rate levels is key to maintaining carrier profits in this crisis hit year that has seen shipping lines slash services, managing capacity in a, so far, successful effort to keep rates at a profitable level.

Carriers have maintained the rates while the volumes have decreased substantially, but with the crisis alleviating a little the third quarter volumes are expected to recover a little as the effects of the global pandemic are mitigated, that will mean lines will bring some...

https://container-news.com/rate-levels-key-to-mitigating-carrier-2020-losses/

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