Maersk Tragedy Drives Stowage Shift, CMA-CGM and MSC Lead U.S. Inbound Routes — Panjiva
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Maersk Tragedy Drives Stowage Shift, CMA-CGM and MSC Lead U.S. Inbound Routes

Corp - Shipping 991 Global 1389 Mode - Containerized 1489 Mode - Seaborne 1818

The tragic fire aboard the Maersk Honam has led the shipper to redefine its hazardous cargo stowage patterns. While that may not make a major difference to overall traffic it may require extra time at ports. Hazardous shipments accounted for 1.5% of all U.S. seaborne containerized freight in the past 12 months, and increased by 7% (the same rate as general freight) on a year earlier. Maersk had a 10% share of those shipments after volumes climbed 16% on a year earlier. CMA-CGM was the largest after expanding 20%. That meant it overtook MSC, which saw volumes drop 10%. Maersk has a more g...

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