The Gemini Cooperation is suspending a relatively new trans-Pacific service, the latest effort by ocean carriers to adjust capacity to meet falling demand and put a floor on US inbound container spot rates, Gemini partners Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd said Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The suspension of the T9\/WC6 service, which Gemini introduced to take advantage of a tariff-induced volume surge, comes after Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd warned customers of three blank sailings next month, reflecting a fast-shifting market. The last sailing of the TP9, which connected Xiamen, Busan and Long Beach, will depart Busan Sept. 23.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis service was introduced over the summer to provide more capacity in those traditional peak-volume months, with a port coverage that duplicates what we have on the standing network,\u201d a Maersk spokesperson told the Journal of Commerce Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The suspension followed a similar announcement that the Premier Alliance of Ocean Network Express (ONE), HMM and Yang Ming would suspend its Pacific South 5 express service.<\/p>\n
US retailers forecast import volumes will fall sharply in the fourth quarter and into January, putting pressure on carriers to remove functional capacity.<\/p>\n
Carriers are also leaning on blank sailings to manage trans-Pacific capacity, blanking about 10% of deployed tonnage to the US West Coast in September and October, according to maritime intelligence provider eeSea. Almost 18% of deployed capacity from Asia to the East and Gulf coasts will be blanked, up from 12.8% in September.<\/p>\n
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