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Major shippers remain sceptical about the benefits conferred by the development of larger shipping alliances, delegates at this week’s TOC Container Supply China event in Singapore were told.
David Panjwani, global logistics director for US machinery manufacturer John Deere said that the emergence of four large east-west shipping alliances, combined with the introduction of larger vessels and deteriorating schedule reliability levels had caused a series of problems in the company’s supply chain that impacted its customers.
“Do the larger alliances and vessels ...
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Dale Crisp
April 22, 2015 at 11:40 pmSlightly odd comments from Mr Panjwani re Australia, given that none of the global alliances operate as such in Australian trades. And while container services ex WCNA have been in turmoil, that’s for very well-known reasons and completely outside carriers’ control.