The ocean carrier industry is finding it difficult to deploy a massive influx of capacity into global trades with relatively low levels of demand.
Rates have faltered on the eastbound transpacific and westbound Asia/Europe trade, and newer trades are showing signs of similar vulnerability. Meanwhile, the usually dependable intra-Asia trade is growing slower than the global average, according to Mathijs Slangen, a senior maritime analyst with consulting firm Seabury Group.
Absorbing capacity
