Shippers in Singapore are worried about the increasing influence that the four major container alliances have in the market. Chairman of the Singapore National Shippers' Council, John Lu, expressed this notion at the Annual General Meeting of the council on Monday this week:
"Today, all major carriers in the east-west trades are in one of four alliances, a development unprecedented in the liner shipping industry," said John Lu:
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