Container

UN: Too little competition in container shipping

Large companies operating big ships make it difficult to maintain competition in the container industry. This impacts smaller nations, where fewer companies are competing for cargo than ten years ago.
Photo: IMO
Photo: IMO
BY CHRISTIAN BARTELS

Consolidations and mergers among container carriers leave many countries with too few service providers to ensure healthy competition, concludes UN think tank UNCTAD in a new report, according to Reuters.

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