World Shipping Council

Container shipping industry calls for five-year extension to block exemption regulation

Container liner industry groups today called for the European Commission to renew the block exemption regulation that covers shipping services for a further five years.
The current exemption, which allows carriers to operate as consortia in trades serving the EU and was introduced when the EC banned the liner conference system, is set to expire on 25 April 2020.
Earlier this year, a report from the OECD-funded International Transport Forum concluded that …

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Bugs – could be the biggest issue in container shipping since VGM

The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) has warned that the “biggest issue since VGM [container weighing]” is on the cards.
This week GSF met with the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) in Arizona. IPPC is investigating concerns that parasites and other invasive species are being spread globally on the outside of containers, contributing to the demise of local ecodiversity.
“It’s a big issue,” said James Hookham, secretary general of GSF. “There is heightened anxiety that …

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Tim Wickmann becomes World Shipping Council’s MD for Asia

The World Shipping Council (WSC) has appointed former Maersk executive Tim Wickmann as its new managing director in Asia.
Mr Wickmann spent nine highly successful years as chief executive of Maersk’s intra-Asia carrier, MCC Transport, before stepping down in June last year.
John Butler, World Shipping Council president and chief executive, said: “The liner shipping industry is a global network and therefore needs consistent regulatory treatment across the globe. That requires the industry …

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