Hapag-Lloyd Sees 50% Surge In Container Bookings From China To The US Bt Stuart Chirls of Freightwaves Hapag-Lloyd saw container bookings from China to the United States jump by 50% following the break in the tariff battle between the trading partners. In comments during an earnings call, Chief Executive Rolf Habben Jansen explained that while recent bookings were down 20%-30%, there has been “a surge of over 50% in recent days,” though he noted the difficulty in predicting exact growth patterns. “We expect capacity to return fairly swiftly. We have deployed smaller ships instead of doing blanks [canceled sailings], and… — Continue at ZeroHedge News : Read More
