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The Alliance and the Atlantic
Photo: ONE
Falling volumes are causing problems in the deployment of ultra large container ships (ULCS). The Alliance is now focusing on Asia and Northern Europe. In its estimation, the Asia-Northern Europe trade is regaining in importance.
Hapag-Lloyd, ONE, HMM and Yang Ming have thus decided to open a new chapter in their handling of Asian and Northern European traffic from April 2023 onwards. A series of ULCVs with more efficient drives and fewer emissions and an average of 23,500 teu will replace the current units with less capacity.
In return, vessels with a capacity of up to 15,000 teu are increasingly being deployed in the Asia-Mediterranean and US East Coast trades. (sh)