The containership charter rates remain firm with limited availability in all
segments. Gemini Cooperation partners Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd are still
scrambling to assemble sufficient ships for the launch of their new joint
services starting in February 2025 with more than 20 open vessel slots still to
be filled. The published schedules for February shows a large number of blanked
sailings that will coincide with the port Chinese New Year slack period, but
also reflects the partners’ tonnage short