Long-Haul Container Shipping Capacity Grows at Expense of Regional Lanes

Intra-Europe, intra-Asia and container services to Africa have taken a beating as liner operators diverted vessels to the more lucrative Asia-Europe and Transpacific lanes over the past year.

Alphaliner’s latest report, released on August 24, stated that as of August 1, intra-Europe capacity had declined by 14% year on year. The contraction for intra-Asia and African services was 10% and 4%, respectively.