Empty Sailings Spike in Wake of Tariff Wars
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Blank sailings — when container lines skip scheduled port calls due to low freight demand or equipment shortages — have jumped since the world’s two largest economies launched opposing tariff wars.
Sea-Intelligence, which provides maritime data and analysis within the global supply chain industry, called the increase “staggering” and projected exporting shippers will move up to 42% less cargo from Asia to the U.S. by the end of April.
After the U.S. imposed 145% tariffs on goods imported from China in early April, the nation responded with 125% tariffs on U.S. exports.
“It is evident that the impact of the trade war has caused many shippers to pause, or outright cancel, shipments. In turn, this reduces demand for capacity on container vessels, and carriers respond by cancelling bookings,” Sea-Intelligence wrote.
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