New report says Maersk practice hurts forwarders, shippers and consumers

Authorities should be on their guard with container lines using their exemptions from competition rules to establish a bridgehead on markets such as logistics, a new OECD report recommends, using Maersk as an example.
Photo: Daniel Bockwoldt/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Daniel Bockwoldt/AP/Ritzau Scanpix

Major container lines are increasingly using their position of strength on the global transport market to make a strategic entry into the logistics market eased by lenient competition regulations for container shipping, say economists behind a new report.

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