Spot rates on transpacific surge after news of tariff time-out
Container freight spot rates shot up on the transpacific trades this week, with an immediate ...
A global initiative to investigate liner shipping in the wake of the pandemic has been established by the so-called Five Eyes group, which does not include the EC – to the anger of European freight forwarders.
The forwarders have increased the pressure on the EC to investigate some of the latest practices of shipping lines, which they believe are anti-competitive and an abuse of their dominant position.
Forwarders’ representative Clecat wrote to the EC again last week, following their earlier efforts, with ...
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Comment on this article
Cosmin Constantin
February 22, 2022 at 2:34 pmI think it is safe to assume that the right people in the EC are getting their share of the huge profits carriers are making these days…why should they be interested in acting…?
Kristijan Stamatovic
February 22, 2022 at 8:23 pmAlso dont forget, eu commisioner for competition is Danish
Cosmin Constantin
February 23, 2022 at 2:40 pmGood point! Talking about the elephant in the room…Q.E.D.