Hauliers add surcharge for collections from congested London Gateway
Container haulage firms serving London Gateway in the UK have begun to introduce a £150 ...
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Shipper representatives have called for an end to surcharges applied by shipping lines and forwarders to container shipments, threatening to name and shame carriers and 3PLs that use surcharges to “extort” extra payments from customers.
The campaign is being led by Chris Welsh, who, as secretary general of ...
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Lawrence Cummings
August 01, 2016 at 2:31 pmI’m glad to see you mentioned Mr. Welsh’s role in the ending of the conference system. Does he, I wonder, ever feel a teeny-weeny pang of nostalgia for the days when pricing was fixed, devoid of the current volatility, and surcharges had to be notified well in advance?