News / From 15 to five in just a few years - shippers' declining choice of container carriers

Shippers and forwarders that The Loadstar spoke to at Transport Logistic in Munich this week expressed concerns over the decreasing circle of carrier options open to them on tradelanes around the world.

A number were also confused over the bunker surcharge policy of container lines in respect to the IMO 2020 low-sulphur regulations.

A chief executive of a major global forwarders complained to The Loadstar that his carrier options were limited following wave after wave of M&A activity, and depleted further by ...