News / Shippers call on watchdogs for a careful eye to be kept on shipping line alliances

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The European Shippers’ Council has called for increased co-operation between liner customers and competition authorities in response to the creation of the four major east-west container shipping alliances.

The ESC yesterday released a white paper, which coincided with a meeting in Brussels between the EC’s competition commission, the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) and China’s Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom).

The world’s three most important competition authorities, which famously produced varied judgments on the legality of the proposed P3 alliance last year, met ...