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Speaking at this week’s TOC Container Supply Chain event in Rotterdam, Thomas Bagge (pictured ) told delegates that members of the recently formed association would hold a general assembly to vote on the first proposed standards for the industry.
“Then comes the difficult part, which is adoption,” he added.
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Gagan Deep
June 21, 2019 at 3:34 amDCSA have right view. Its time to be more punctual and accurate and transparency.
May be Port Storage seems over occupied virtually and in real shipping line seems to beg trade from customers.