MSC switches bigger box ships to higher-paying trades in ‘landmark’ move

MSC has switched “essentially all” its megamax vessels from Far East-to-North Europe services to the Far East-Med and Asia-West Africa trades to benefit from rising spot rates, according to Alphaliner today.  
Alphaliner said this was “a landmark development” for Asia-West Africa trades, on which the largest vessels currently deployed were 16,600 teu. This “surprise move” was “pr…

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