9 mai 2023
Transport international

Maersk: Downturn on Predicted Course, Liners Acting ‘Rationally’

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Pain during shipping downturns is often self-inflicted by the industry itself. A scramble for market share spurs a rate spiral; too many ship orders compound the losses. Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc maintained on a May 4 conference call that liners are avoiding at least some of these self-inflicted wounds.

Clerc said ocean carriers are managing capacity fairly well, demand is primarily down due to temporary inventory overhangs, and margins remain higher than pre-COVID levels.

The general message from the world’s second-largest container line operator: Market normalization is proceeding as anticipated.

Read more in an article from American Shipper.

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