Ocean carriers are “scrambling for any tonnage” to provide additional capacity on east-west services, but the tonnage providers are “taking advantage” as the cost of chartering vessels has recently risen rapidly.
On Tuesday, French carrier CMA CGM announced its French Peak Service, which will see seven additional sailings of 7,000 teu vessels from Asia to North Europe and the Mediterranean.
They will start with the 30 June departure of the 6,350 teu …
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