News / CKYHE joins other major alliances with US green light as 2M unveils schedules

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By Gavin van Marle and Mike Wackett

04/12/2014

As the CKYHE alliance gets the green light from US regulators to operate as an alliance on North America routes, and the 2M pairing of Maersk and MSC publishes its 2015 schedules, price continues to trump reliability as shippers’ top priority.

Speaking on an American Shipper webinar yesterday, Drewry Supply Chain Advisers director Philip Damas said that while many shippers claimed to choose their carriers on the key metrics of the cost of freight rates and schedule reliability, “they don’t really ...

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