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Maersk Line will appeal Russian competition ruling

Maersk Line maintains that the carriers' practice of publicly announcing rate increases before they are implemented is completely legal, informs the carrier in a written statement after the ruling in Russia.
Photo: Maersk Line
Photo: Maersk Line
BY OLE ANDERSEN

Russian authorities have used a special stipulation in the country's competition legislation in the ruling which finds Maersk Line and four other carriers guilty of illegal price fixing in 2012-2013 on the container services from Asia to Russia when the carriers publicly and regularly announce rate increases.

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