Capacity conundrum for shippers as carriers unveil post-Golden Week blanks
The Loadstar · Oct 6, 2026
With China’s Golden Week holiday under way and factories closed, supply chain planners’ attention has shifted to calculating shipping capacity out of Asia once Chinese workers return and container flows gear up again. According to Drewry’s Cancelled Sailings tracker, 39 blanked sailings have been announced in the period from Week 41 (5–11 October) to Week 45 (2–8 November) across three deepsea east-west trades – the transpacific, transatlantic and Asia-Europe – 5% ...
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