EC shipping guideline decision could lead to muddy waters

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By Gavin van Marle

20/02/2013

Yesterday’s confirmation from the EC’s competition directorate that it will not prolong liner shipping guidelines following the ban on conferences could lead the industry into a state of confusion over the next few years.

Following the removal of the block exemption of liner shipping’s conference system from European competition law in 2008, the EC issued the industry with a set of guidelines in order for it to comply with the new legislation. The commission said yesterday that “the main initial purpose ...

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