News / 'Container lines must extend their ocean alliances to take in landside operations'

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Extending collaboration to the landside is the next frontier for container shipping alliances, according to former NOL chief executive and current World Shipping Council chairman Ron Widdows.

Speaking today at the JOC’s TPM Asia conference in Shenzhen, Mr Widdows said the growth of alliances had created an environment of increased operational complexity which could no longer be solved individually, especially on the landside, where there was little collaboration between carriers.

“The expansion of alliances has created an exponential increase in the level ...