Hapag-Lloyd expects to spend time and money following EU decision

It has apparently come as a surprise to shipping companies that the EU is scrapping carriers’ multi-year exemption from competition rules.
Photo: Bodo Marks/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Bodo Marks/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
By Dag Holmstad, Niklas Krigslund

It will cost time and money for container shipping companies if the EU scraps a long-standing exemption from competition rules that allows carriers to cooperate without prior approval, says Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd, the world’s fifth largest container carrier.

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