Freight Rates to Skyrocket Without Alliances

Delegates at the TOC Container Supply Chain event in Rotterdam heard that shipper opposition to deep sea liner shipping alliances may be dangerously misplaced, reports the Loadstar.

Lars Jensen, chief executive and partner of Sea Intelligence Consulting, said efforts by some to bar container lines from operating in alliances, claiming they have become anti-competitive, would result in freight rates “skyrocketing”.

The EU’s Block Exemption Regulation (BER), the de...

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