The biggest container carriers' cooperation in the new alliances has changed the container market radically in recent months, and the customers, the shippers represented by the European Shippers' Council (ESC), fear that the large-scale alliances dominance on the main trades could represent a long-term threat for the manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers that make up the carriers' largest customer group.
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