South Korea's HMM is tackling the shortage of containers in Asia as markets rebound from pandemic restrictions earlier this year.
The scarcity of boxes has hit the main East-West trade lanes and is now spreading to the intra-Asia market, the ship operator said.
Intra-Asia freight rates have risen as lines have tried to reduce a backlog of containers left over from blank sailings and vessel delays since China’s Golden Week holidays in October.
