Alphaliner: Carriers to deploy more ships to US East Coast

Following the labor conflict at the ports on the US West Coast, capacity on services from Asia to the US East Coast is expected to increase by six percent in coming months, according to Alphaliner.
Photo: Hanjin
Photo: Hanjin
BY KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN

Container shipowners will, over the next few months, increase capacity on services from the far east to the US East Coast, says analyst agency Alphaliner, pointing to a 6 percent increase. This is in spite of, the protracted labor conflict at the ports of the US West Coast finally being over, as well as the big delays slowly beginning to disappear.

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