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Congestion-driven ‘double sailings’ offset Golden Week blank sailings
Sea-Intelligence analysis found record deployed capacity on transpacific and Asia-Europe trades during this year's Golden Week, as typhoon-related Asian port congestion produced double sailings that offset carriers' blank-sailing strategy.
According to Sea-Intelligence analysis, deployed capacity on the transpacific and Asia-Europe trades during this year's Golden Week holiday was the highest on record. The figure was reported against a backdrop of port congestion in Asia caused by a succession of typhoons.
The congestion led to vessel bunching at loading ports and then to a series of “double sailings.” Those double sailings cancelled out carriers’ blanking strategy — the skipping of voyages that carriers typically use during the holiday period.
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