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Comment on this article
Frank Findlow
September 23, 2021 at 6:47 amUnfortunately it looks like the shipping lines have no Humanitarian spirit, its all about making money, but how stupid or greedy or both are they?
Freight forwarders the world over are doing it tough, whilst shipper [lines] the world over are raking in the money.
Short sighted Greed is all it is, very frustrating.