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Europe extends life of block exemption for liner shipping

Pictured: the flag of the European Union. Credit: moritz320 and Pixabay

The European Commission has extended the liner shipping “Consortia Block Exemption Regulation” in Europe for four more years to 25 April 2024.

Liner shipping companies will be allowed to continue to work together in a wide variety of ways that benefit the flow of international trade and the general public. Liner shipping companies provide joint liner shipping services to customers through agreements are known as “consortia”....

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/europe-extends-life-of-block-exemption-for-liner-shipping/

Study on shipping alliances makes EC exemption decision ‘puzzling’

There is an interesting piece on LinkedIn, questioning why the EC decided to extend the liner shipping block exemption for another four years. The writer, Pablo Rodas-Martini, takes “devastating” excerpts from the study done by the International Transport Forum (ITF) and the OECD titled The Impact of Alliances in Container Shipping.
The paragraphs he highlights are unequivocally damning about alliances, and (when read in isolation), they do indeed make one “puzzled” about …

The post Study on...

https://theloadstar.com/study-on-shipping-alliances-makes-ec-exemption-decision-puzzling/

Shippers welcome plan for new index to improve liner reliability

Shanghai Shipping Exchange (SSE) and software solutions provider Cargosmart have teamed up to tackle vessel reliability concerns among shippers. 
They will work together to develop a new method of calculating schedule reliability on key tradelanes to help shippers optimise their supply chains.  
Vice president of SSE Yao Weifu said they aimed “to deliver a new shipping index that increases transparency to ocean carrier performance”. 
According to reports, global containership reliability hovers...

https://theloadstar.com/shippers-welcome-plan-for-new-index-to-improve-liner-reliability/

Nigeria records marked increase in Liner shipping

According to the report, the Nigerian maritime industry continues to receive support from stakeholders in repositioning it for efficiency and global best practices a development that has led to an encouraging move in the Liner shipping connectivity index.

In the report, Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum value in 2004 = 100) in Nigeria was reported at 18.93 in 2018, according to the UNCTAD collection of maritime transport indicators representing a marked increase in Liner Shipping...

http://container-news.com/nigeria-records-marked-increase-liner-shipping/

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