New container association has "open invitation" for Cosco

The world's third-largest container line, China's Cosco, remains outside the newly established association DCSA for common standards. "Of course, they have an open invitation," CEO Thomas Bagge tells ShippingWatch.
China's Cosco is the world's third-largest container line after Maersk and MSC. | Photo: Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
China's Cosco is the world's third-largest container line after Maersk and MSC. | Photo: Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

One name is conspicuously absent from the container sector's large-scale endeavor to develop common standards meant to improve service levels and reduce work flow complexity in the sector.

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