News / CMA CGM French rate discount a bid to avoid threat of 'windfall tax'?

20/07/2022

Observers have suggested that CMA CGM’s seemingly patriotic gesture last month to lower domestic ocean freight rates was merely a pre-emptive move to offset the possibility of the French government introducing a windfall tax on ‘super‘ profits.

CMA CGM will introduce a €500 reduction per container ...

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