Surcharges add up for parcel shippers – and there may be more to come
UPS is hitting cargo owners with multiple surcharges in the run-up to the peak season ...
When is a cartel not a cartel?
That question must be on the minds of ocean shippers facing record freight rates these days, particularly on US-bound transpacific routes.
Those routes are, like most others, dominated by nine of the world’s biggest container lines organised into three ship-sharing alliances: 2M, THE Alliance, and Ocean Alliance.
Background
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