As a result of the global disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the container capacity deployed on the Asia-Europe route decreased in the first quarter of 2020, showing the first signs of recovery in April. The capacity deployed by Maersk and MSC (2M Alliance) plunged from 1.4 million TEUs in January to less than 1.2 million TEUs in February.
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Monthly deployed capacity of container ships on the Far East-Europe route between January and April 2020, by alliance*
(in 1,000 TEUs)
THE Alliance is made up of Hapag-Lloyd, ONE, and Yang Ming,
Ocean Alliance includes COSCO, OOCL, CMA CGM, and Evergreen, while 2M Alliance is made up of Maersk and MSC. Together, the three alliances account for 80 percent of the container market.
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Hellenic Shipping News. (April 24, 2020). Monthly deployed capacity of container ships on the Far East-Europe route between January and April 2020, by alliance* (in 1,000 TEUs) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1112582/deployed-teus-container-ships-by-alliance-by-month/
Hellenic Shipping News. "Monthly deployed capacity of container ships on the Far East-Europe route between January and April 2020, by alliance* (in 1,000 TEUs)." Chart. April 24, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1112582/deployed-teus-container-ships-by-alliance-by-month/
Hellenic Shipping News. (2020). Monthly deployed capacity of container ships on the Far East-Europe route between January and April 2020, by alliance* (in 1,000 TEUs). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1112582/deployed-teus-container-ships-by-alliance-by-month/
Hellenic Shipping News. "Monthly Deployed Capacity of Container Ships on The Far East-europe Route between January and April 2020, by Alliance* (in 1,000 Teus)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Apr 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1112582/deployed-teus-container-ships-by-alliance-by-month/
Hellenic Shipping News, Monthly deployed capacity of container ships on the Far East-Europe route between January and April 2020, by alliance* (in 1,000 TEUs) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1112582/deployed-teus-container-ships-by-alliance-by-month/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Monthly deployed capacity of container ships on the Far East-Europe route between January and April 2020, by alliance* (in 1,000 TEUs) [Graph], Hellenic Shipping News, April 24, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1112582/deployed-teus-container-ships-by-alliance-by-month/
