Blank sailings appear to have reached a peak for the time being. THE Alliance is now reinserting two sailings on the transpacific which was earlier cancelled. Earlier THE Alliance had also reinserted four previously cancelled sailings on the Asia-Mediterranean trade lane. “Liners would rather proactively cancel too much capacity and later reinsert in case there is more demand, instead of hoping for demand to materialize and then have to either cancel at the last minute or sail with underutilised vessels,” said Lars Jensen from SeaIntelligence Consulting.
