While Hanjin Shipping’s plunge into receivership has caused chaos for non-vesssel-operating common carriers (NVOs) around the world, it appears some NVOs saw the writing on the wall prior to August. That is American Shipper’s conclusion (subscription access) after studying the statistics provide by Datamyne.
Some major NVOs pulled US import volume from Hanjin ships prior to August, while others ramped up their use of the financially stricken carrier, the data shows.
See the data in “Some NVOs played chicken with Hanjin situation” »