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Some mid-size forwarders are rejecting new larger customers, having been forced to adapt their business model to accommodate the contract ban from Maersk and the reluctance of other shipping lines to offer much capacity.

Maersk’s move to restrict them to its Spot product only is said ...

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  • Heinz Tepe

    January 23, 2022 at 9:49 am

    This is not the first time that Maersk are frustrating customers like this.
    I hope that the industry rembers when the market turns the other way.

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