Shipping Australia has said that vessel-sharing agreements (VSAs) benefit Australia, which is a small but high-cost market.
The association said that VSAs encourage smaller box lines to call at Australia by pooling ships with other players, thus helping to reduce their costs while facilitating trade flows to the country.
VSAs have been in the spotlight since the European Commission decided not to renew antitrust exemption for liner shipping consortia on 11 October. In Australia, liner operators...
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