Container carriers – both mainline and feeder operators – have brought in new freight rate tactics for Jebel Ali trade in a bid to hold onto their traditional income from mark-ups or margins on local ancillary collections that have fallen into the crosshairs of UAE regulators.
On 1 November, the UAE’s Dubai Maritime Authority (DMA) abolished the mandate of carriers and other freight intermediaries to settle terminal handling charges (THCs) with terminal operators on behalf of their customers,...
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