Comment / Market Insight: Fuelling anger, the box lines add insult to injury

Totally expected.

“F*ckers”

I couldn’t possibly repeat in full the feedback received from a couple of mid-sized shippers who vigorously complained about the arrogant behaviour and profit-driven actions of the box lines – to be sure, it wasn’t something you’d want your kids to hear.

Which – to reiterate, lest you forgot the “welcome 2021” warning – was indeed totally predictable if you read Premium’s first post of the year on 4 January: “Ocean freight randomness – the skeleton in the closet“.

That came ...