Maersk says it has maintained all trans-Pacific sailings despite tariff, trade uncertainty

Louise Rasmussen

Tue, Apr 29, 2025, 6:14 AM 1 min read

By Louise Rasmussen

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Maersk said connected Tuesday it had maintained each its scheduled trans-Pacific sailings to date, albeit downsising immoderate vessels, contempt the uncertainty caused by U.S. import tariffs and the commercialized warfare betwixt the United States and China.

German instrumentality bearer Hapag-Lloyd past week said that its customers had cancelled 30% of shipments to the United States from China, spooked by the commercialized struggle betwixt the world's 2 largest economies.

Maersk said its customers with shipments retired of China to the United States were taking antithetic approaches to woody with the uncertainty.

"Some proceed arsenic planned, others look to vessel to oregon from different markets portion a 3rd class take to postpone shipments storing them astatine root successful anticipation of a aboriginal solution to the situation," the institution said successful a statement.

However, the institution added that it would proceed to measure the concern and align with request connected its services betwixt China and the U.S., including continuing the signifier of replacing larger vessels with smaller ones.

The Trump administration's existent argumentation includes broad tariffs of 10% connected goods from astir countries and 145% import duties products from China. China and different countries person deed backmost with tariffs connected U.S. goods.

However, the world's 2 largest economies successful caller days look to person softened their respective stances, with Washington signalling openness to reducing tariffs and Beijing exempting immoderate U.S. imports from its 125% levies.

(Reporting by Louise Breusch Rasmussen, editing by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen)