As of April 3, 2020, some 149 blank sailings have been announced on deepsea shipping routes due to the coronavirus pandemic. Of these, 108 were announced between the Chinese New Year and mid-March, as the COVID-19 outbreak unfolded in China. The remaining 41 announcements were made after March 13 (week 11), after the spate of infections caused by the coronavirus had been declared a pandemic.
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Weekly number of announced blank sailings in global maritime traffic as of April 3, 2020, by cause*
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Lloyd's List. (April 3, 2020). Weekly number of announced blank sailings in global maritime traffic as of April 3, 2020, by cause* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109662/blank-sailing-announcements-weekly/
Lloyd's List. "Weekly number of announced blank sailings in global maritime traffic as of April 3, 2020, by cause*." Chart. April 3, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109662/blank-sailing-announcements-weekly/
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