Video footage of the 4,300 teu MSC Arushi R (pictured) departing Houston yesterday, sparsely loaded with just a few containers, could become one of the defining images of the first day of the ILA’s strike.
The vessel is deployed on MSC’s transatlantic North Europe-Mexico service, which does not normally feature a call in the US. However, the carrier appears to have tried to make a last-minute stop, before the midnight strike deadline, …
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