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Author: David Callanan

Asia-North Europe offered weekly TEU capacity during Golden Week 2026

Golden Week capacity surge raises October schedule risks

Alphaliner chart showing the percentage of fleet capacity chartered by the top-10 ocean carriers in 2026, including MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM, COSCO, Hapag-Lloyd, ONE, Evergreen, HMM, Yang Ming and ZIM.

Top-10 carriers reduce chartered tonnage exposure as owned fleets expand

Line chart of Red Sea share of Asia–Europe container capacity by direction and total; Europe→Asia (orange) peaks near 50% in early October while Asia→Europe (blue) fluctuates around 15–25%, and total Red Sea share (gray) stays ~18–30%.

Red Sea routing normalisation reaches 27% as Suez return builds

Chart comparing August 2026 and August 2025 deployed capacity for the top-20 Intra-Asia container carriers, with Maersk leading ahead of COSCO.

Maersk overtakes COSCO to lead the Intra-Asia shipping market

Asia-Europe port-pair overlap across MSC, Ocean Alliance, Gemini Cooperation and Premier Alliance

Carrier alliances build increasingly specialised Asia-Europe networks

Diagram of a large cargo ship labeled ALPHALINER, showing 25 bays, 15 ISO tiers, LNG dual‑fuel power, and a fully enclosed bridge (not an actual design).

Could 27,500 teu vessels redefine container ship capacity?

Gatun Lake water levels and projected decline during El Niño

How El Niño is reshaping maritime trade and supply chains

July 2026 Asia schedule reliability showing sharp declines across major Asian container ports

Asian port congestion drives sharp drop in schedule reliability

Chart titled 'Main carriers: Average core EBIT margin by quarter' showing a time series of quarterly EBIT margins from 1Q2013 to 2Q2026 for major carriers; includes a large 'ALPHALINER' watermark across the middle. (Informative: describes data range and purpose.)

Carrier profitability rebounds as freight rates and trade mix boost margins

MABUX bunker fuel price index showing monthly changes in global bunker prices

Global bunker prices ease in August despite Middle East volatility

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