Container ship capacity on the Asia-Europe route is more in sync than on the Transpacific route
When compared to the Transpacific route, scheduled capacity on Asia-Europe routes reflected actual deployment, even four weeks in advance. Carriers scheduled fewer flights between Asia and the Mediterranean, but ended up adding capacity. Schedules three to four weeks in advance were somewhat accurate, and carriers added more capacity than was necessary. Capacity correction was greater in Week 7, but carriers added some back before deployment. Capacity on Asia-Mediterranean routes was restored for Weeks 7-9.
We can see scheduled deployment for Weeks 7-9 2023 in Figure 1, as they were at various times during the year (‘Actual’ here refers to the actual deployment, ‘Week 0’ refers to the scheduled deployment recorded in the same week as the week being measured, i.e. scheduled capacity for Week 7 as recorded in Week 7, etc., ‘-1’ refers to the scheduled deployment one week prior to the week being measured, i.e. scheduled capacity for Week 7 as recorded in Week 6 and so on)
Source of information – Sea Intelligence
This route is historically more balanced and stable compared to the transpacific route due to market demand and trade volumes