News / Container line alliances reduce shipper choice, says ITF as the EC reviews the rules

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02/11/2018

The EU should end the block exemption against forming consortia the liner shipping industry currently enjoys, says a new report from the OECD-funded International Transport Forum.

In September, the European Commission reopened its investigation into the block exemption which allows carriers to operate alliances on trades that serve the EU.

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