News / FIATA blasts box line dominance and wants an end to 'competition violence'

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FIATA has come out punching on behalf of freight forwarders, claiming the shipping lines’ vertical ambitions are “violent” competitive moves.

At a “Reconnect” meeting yesterday, FIATA president Ivan Petrov alleged that some shipping lines were forcing customers to buy additional services – a claim raised by many shippers and forwarders in recent weeks.

“Vertical integration is being done by the majority of the big 10 carriers, which have a dominant position. This is drastic violence on the competitive edge of the market,” he ...