News / Shipping lines 'ripping-off' shippers with ETS 'profiteering', claims lobby group

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Four top shipping lines – Maersk, MSC, Hapag-Lloyd and CMA CGM – are named in a Transport & Environment (T&E) “profiteering” claim that millions have been generated via overcharging for EU ETS.

All four lines declined this morning’s invitation by The Loadstar to refute claims of average voyage ’surcharge profits’ of €60,000 ($65,000) for Maersk, €23,000 for Hapag Lloyd, €25,000 for MSC, and €14,000 for CMA CGM.

“The data has been thoroughly peer-reviewed,” said T&E spokesperson Sam Hargreaves. “We can only make an assumption, ...