Blank Sailings Due to Corona Virus-Increasing Shipping Costs

What is Blank Sailing?  A blank sailing (avoid sailing) is a sailing that has been cancelled by the carrier. A blank sailing could mean a vessel is skipping one port, or that the entire journey is cancelled. Why is it Happening Right Now?  With container exports from China reduced drastically, Shipping lines were losing millions of dollars sailing as per committed schedule but with ships partially filled.  The only way to sail with good volume so that the journey is profitable for the shipping line is to reduce the total sailings between a pair of ports.  This will mean that…