Loadstar Podcast | February 2025 | Shippers vs carriers: ‘A vessel on time is a black swan event’
In this episode of The Loadstar Podcast, host Mike King sits down with James Hookham, of the ...
“What we are really hoping for now is that some trust can be re-established between shippers and shipping lines,” Global Shippers Forum director James Hookham told The Loadstar this week.
He was reflecting on last week’s decision from the EC not to renew liner shipping’s controversial Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER).
“It was very important that the commission looked at how it [the CBER] was operating during a very defined period – the Covid era,” he said.
“The thing I noted most from ...
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