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Forwarders welcome end to consortia block exemption

Freight industry representatives broadly welcomed the European Commission’s announcement on 9 October that It would not extend the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER) that has hitherto allowed liner shipping consortia to operate.It said that it had concluded that the CBER no longer promotes competition in the shipping sector and that it will let it expire on 25 April 2024. Instead,, carriers operating to or from the EU must assess whether ... [+]