News / Shipper blast for shipping lines that have become like banks: 'takers not makers'

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With the advent of ever-larger ships, one major shipper fears that these mega-vessels could be forced to stay in ports for as long as five days.

Delivering the keynote address at the TOC Container Supply Chain event in London this morning, Neville Scowen, international transport manager for International Paper, told delegates that shipping lines were failing to meet service levels on a number of requirements, the most galling of which, he said, was worsening schedule reliability and the poor customer service ...