News / Carriers box clever on capacity and have 'the upper hand' as contract talks loom

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15/08/2024

Recent experience and ongoing chaos in the Red Sea have led to carriers’ customers asking, on the eve of new negotiations: “Do contracts amount to anything any more?”

NNR Global Logistics’ head of ocean development, Alexander Tennant, told The Loadstar geopolitical uncertainty ...

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