Transpacific vessel capacity is rising again after continuously dropping for the
last 12 months, but remains 16.7% lower compared to the peak in April 2022. The
recent increase was due to the injection of neo-panamax newbuildings of 13,000
to 15,000 teu into the transpacific trade.
Meanwhile, Asia-Europe capacity has continued to increase due to the injection
of new ships on the route, with the 2M announcing the addition of 9 more ships
on their Asia-Europe services from June. Despite the reduc