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Maersk, CMA CGM and MSC have abandoned plans to set up a global P3 alliance after a shock announcement by China's ministry of commerce that it would not sanction the deal, on 17 June. The announcement comes as a blow to the three operators, who had expected Beijing to follow the US Federal Maritime Commission and European Commission's earlier lead in sanctioning the move.
However, it appears that Chinese concern over ...
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The European Shippers Council says that a number of conditions are needed for the practical implementation of the new regulation obliging shippers to verify the weight of the containers, which was recently approved by the International maritime Organisation.
The European authorities and member states must undertake to secure the use of ...
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The vast majority of air cargo users claim that air cargo services fail to meet the requirements and expectations of their customers, says the European Shippers’ Council (ESC). Companies feel that their voice is not being heard by the air freight industry.
To address the problem, the ESC has produced a ...
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The European Shippers' Council (ESC), the European association of freight forwarders and logistics service providers (Clecat) and the European Intermodal Association (EIA) have urged the EU to amend its regulation on the intermodal transport of 45-foot containers.
The associations are unhappy at the additional condition proposed by the Commission, in a ...
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The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has approved the proposed P3 vessel sharing agreement between Maersk, CMA CGM and MSC. It said that the agreement was not likely at this time to lead to reduction in competition or produce an unreasonable increase in transportation cost or reduction in service.
It would, in ...
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The European Shippers Council is urging the European Commission not to review the block exemption for liner shipping consortia, in its response to Brussels consultation on the subject. It said that with the changes in economic conditions and because some time has elapsed since the abolition of liner conferences in ...
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The European Shippers' Council (ESC) said that the two major shipping alliances – the G6, which announced in early December that it will expand its cooperation to the transatlantic and Asia-North America West Coast and trade lanes and the planned P3 cooperation between Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM would have ...
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The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) and the Asian Shippers’ Meeting (ASM) have agreed to work closer together on a number of international issues that have a major impact on shippers. The agreement came at a joint meeting in Chiang Rai, Thailand on 24 November.
The shippers’ councils agreed that their member ...
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The European Shippers Council (ESC) has appointed Paola Lancellotti as its new secretary general, filling a post left vacant by Nicolette Van der Jagt's move to forwarder's organisation Clecat last year. For the past six years Mrs Lancellotti was secretary general to the European Marine Equipment Council and prior to ...
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