MSC and Maersk Line jointly announced upcoming cpaacity changes reflecting the early Lunar New Year blanks slotted for February 2025. MSC announced their intentions with individual Asia - Northern Europe, Transpacific, and Asia - Mediterranean advisories on December 12, 2025. Maersk Line referenced upcoming changes in a single advisory on December 16, noting just 6 out of 8 services.
A total of 12 blanked voyages across 8 E/W services shared by Maersk Line and MSC, along with 3 additional blanks on MSC's standalone E/W services. The 2M - NEUR loop 1 || ML - AE5 | MSC - Albatros service which transits the Cape of Good Hope will carry 2 blanks accordingly with it's extra long round trip duration of 112 days.
For more detailed information on vessel deployments, eeSea forecasts, and when the blanked voyages are expected to impact their first ports of discharge, please see our live links to each service below.
Asia - North America
- 2M - WCNA loop 6 || ML - TP2 | MSC - Jaguar - 1 Blank Voyage Referenced, Currently 1 LNY Assigned by eeSea: 1179
- 2M - WCNA loop 2 || ML - TP6 | MSC - Pearl - 1 Blank Voyage Referenced, Currently 1 LNY Assigned by eeSea: 1180
- PMR - FE6 || MSC - Swan - Sentosa | ONE - FE6 | YML - FE6 - 1 Blank Voyage Referenced, Currently 1 LNY Blank Assigned by eeSea on 2025 Premier Alliance Version: 1080
Asia - Northern Europe
- MSC - Albatros via COGH - 2 Blank Voyages Referenced, Currently 1 LNY Blank Assigned by eeSea on 2025 Standalone Version: 1079
- 2M - AE Sweeper || ML - AE55 | MSC - Griffin - 1 Blank Referenced, Currently 2 LNY Blanks Assigned by eeSea: 1163 + Additional Blank + Additional Skipped Sailing Unrelated to Lunar New Year
- 2M - NEUR loop 4 || ML - AE7 | MSC - Condor - 1 Blank Referenced, Currently 1 LNY Blank Assigned by eeSea: 1145
- MSC - Britannia - 1 Blank Voyage Referenced, Currently 1 LNY Blank Assigned by eeSea: 1156
Asia - Mediterranean
- 2M - EMED loop || ML - AE15 | MSC - Tiger - 1 Blank Referenced, Currently 1 LNY Blank Assigned by eeSea: 1067
- MSC - Dragon - 1 Blank Referenced, Currently 1 LNY Blank Assigned by eeSea on the PMR - MD4/CGH || HMM - MD4 | MSC - Dragon | ONE - MD4 | YML - MD4: 1054
- 2M - MED loop || ML - AE11 | MSC - Jade - 1 Blank Voyage Referenced, Currently 1 LNY Assigned by eeSea: 1140
- MSC - Phoenix via COGH - 1 Blank Voyage Referenced, Currently 1 LNY Blank Assigned by eeSea on 2025 Standalone Version: 1062
eeSea Signals
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- All MSC + Maersk Line Participating Services by Trade, Avg. Vessel Capacity - Tableau Permission Required
- All Upcoming Blanks by Port, Service, etc. - Tableau Permission Required
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Last Updated January 15, 2025