UK freight forwarders embrace UK decision on container shipping rules

The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will not recommend to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade that the current Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER) be replaced by a UK equivalent when it expires on 25 April 2024.

CMA’s decision has been welcomed by the country’s freight forwarders.

After conducting a comprehensive analysis of the deep-sea container shipping market and investigating several scenarios, CMA concluded in November 2023 that the prevailing...

https://container-news.com/uk-freight-forwarders-embrace-uk-decision-on-container-shipping-rules/

UK freight association seeks members’ views on container shipping market

UK freight association seeks members’ views on container shipping market

BIFA Director General, Robert Keen

The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is surveying its entire membership to ascertain their views on the current practices undertaken by container shipping lines, as well as their opinions on the easements and exemptions provided to those lines under competition law.

BIFA Director General, Robert Keen, says that over the last several months, the Secretariat has received many...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/03/uk-freight-association-seeks-members-views-on-container-shipping-market/