News / Carriers and ports and shippers lock horns as EC reviews liner block exemption

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The European Commission’s competition directorate has questioned whether the liner consortia block exemption regulation (BER) is the right tool to regulate the liner shipping industry in Europe.

Yesterday at the European Shippers’ Council Maritime Day in Rotterdam, director general for competition Itai Rabinovici said the EC was considering amending and extending the BER.

“But we must also consider whether the block exemption is the right statuary instrument to achieve what the industry is calling for?” he said.

“We can amend it to suit ...