Asia-North America carrier capacity sees record increase post-pandemic

Posted on November 24, 2023   |  

Following Golden Week, there is an excess of shipping capacity on Transpacific and Asia-Europe routes.

Carriers haven't announced expected blank sailings to balance the excess capacity four weeks later.

Despite earlier predictions, carriers haven't announced any new blank sailings.

Sea Intelligence reports that capacity for 2023 remains high.

The data covers the last 10 weeks of 2023, taking into account growth from 2019 and the average from 2016 to 2019.