OCEAN carriers are shifting towards standalone services and slot-swop agreements, causing the global containership capacity operated under vessel-sharing Alliance (VSA) agreements to drop to its lowest in three years, according to a survey by Alphaliner, reports London's Loadstar.
The reduction is partly due to the Mediterranean Shipping Company's (MSC) aggressive growth strategy and the launch of new services, as it aims to increase its market share.
msc operates mostly outside vessel-pooling agreements and has the least tonnage tied up in VSAs compared to other carriers.
Terminating the 2M Alliance will also see the percentage of capacity allocated to VSAs decrease significantly.
MSC's independent approach was underlined by the launch of its standalone Asia-Mediterranean Dragon service with its announcement of new services and enhancements across its network.
'MSC offers the largest proportion of independent tonnage of the alliance carriers, with 26 units of 260,000 TEU operated on a standalone basis, well ahead of the next carrier, CMA CGM, with 12 ships of 69,000 TEU,' said Alphaliner.
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The reduction is partly due to the Mediterranean Shipping Company's (MSC) aggressive growth strategy and the launch of new services, as it aims to increase its market share.
msc operates mostly outside vessel-pooling agreements and has the least tonnage tied up in VSAs compared to other carriers.
Terminating the 2M Alliance will also see the percentage of capacity allocated to VSAs decrease significantly.
MSC's independent approach was underlined by the launch of its standalone Asia-Mediterranean Dragon service with its announcement of new services and enhancements across its network.
'MSC offers the largest proportion of independent tonnage of the alliance carriers, with 26 units of 260,000 TEU operated on a standalone basis, well ahead of the next carrier, CMA CGM, with 12 ships of 69,000 TEU,' said Alphaliner.
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