On January 27, HMM announced that its first additional loader will be deployed on the Korea-Europe route on January 31 to help Korean companies ship their export products on time.
Recently, the shipping firm deployed its 9th extra loader on the Korea-U.S. Itinerary.
"HMM Prestige," a 5,000-TEU container ship, is the extra loader to be deployed this time. The vessel will depart Busan on 31 January and will arrive on 4 and 7 March, respectively, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and Hamburg, Germany.
As a shortage of container carriers is spreading from Korea-U.S., HMM decided to deploy the temporary ship. Routes to Korea-Europe and routes to Korea-Asia. After a recession in the first half, the rate of shipping started to increase in the second half of 2020.
In the meantime, HMM will also deploy the 1,700-TEU container ship 'Ingenuity' on the Korea-Russia route as an additional loader.
Maritime Business World