Shippers voice harsh criticism of container alliances

Shippers which routinely send containers to Asia are noting "heavily damaging situations" due to a major decline in capacity on the vessels, says the European Shippers' Council, voicing harsh criticism against the three major alliances.
Photo: AP/Polfoto/Arkiv
Photo: AP/Polfoto/Arkiv

A shortage of capacity on the container vessels now makes the European Shippers' Council (ESC) voice a harsh criticism against the carriers which, from April of this year, will be operating jointly in the three major container alliances – 2M, Ocean Alliance, and The Alliance.

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