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Groups call for more rail freight priority

European forwarders' association CLECAT and the European Shippers’ Council (ESC) have written to the European Commission to warning of a potential lack of capacity for international freight trains on major routes. The associations urge Member States to give priority to international freight trains in order to ensure the proper functioning of rail freight corridors and to increase the market share for international rail freight. ESC secretary general Nik Delmeire, noted: ... [+]

Shippers urge action on Turkey customs duties

The European Shippers’ Council has urged the European Commission to take action to stop Turkey from levying additional customs duties on goods entering from the European Union, which it says violates the customs union signed in 1995. ESC says that Turkey has imposed duties on footwear, textile, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, ... [+]

Shippers welcome express merger

The European Shippers’ Council has come out in favour of the merger between TNT and FedEx, despite opposing UPS's mooted takeover of TNT a few years ago. It says that while its members omplained about the possibility of losing one of the three European express carriers and resultant lack of ... [+]

ESC white paper warns of shipping ‘monopoly’

The European Shippers' Council has released a white paper on container transport competition ahead of a summit between the US, China and Europe in Brussels on 18 June. ESC warns that the market has evolved into one where a monopoly of four alliances have “impressive market shares in certain trade ... [+]

Shippers form transnational body

The European Shippers’ Council (ESC), the Asian Shippers’ Association (ASA) and the American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI) are to form a Global Shippers’ Alliance, to represent shippers’ interests worldwide. Under a memorandum of understanding signed on 19 March, the will increase cooperation in air freight, maritime transport and trade ... [+]

ESC blames ‘unacceptable’ surcharges on new alliances

The European Shippers' Council has described the latest round of congestion surcharges imposed by lines as “unacceptable”. ESC says it sees no reason to impose them and urges ship owners to minimize surcharges and bring all costs into a single negotiable freight rate wherever possible. Over the last few weeks, congestion ... [+]

Dutch take important step towards e-BoL

The Netherlands has become the first country in the world to offer digital signing for receipt of goods by mobile phone, according to the European Shippers' Council. The Dutch Shippers’ Council (EVO), Transport and Logistics Netherlands and the NBB Dutch Inland Shipping Bureau have put together the necessary infrastructure. ESC ... [+]

AEO falls short of expectations, says ESC

The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) complained that there was integrated vision for AEOs (Authorised Economic Operators) at either the European Union or national customs administrations, in its ‘AEO manifesto’ to the European Commission presented on 30 July. The manifesto gives an indication of how, five years after the introduction of ... [+]

Shippers target ‘too strict’ security rules

The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) said that it would target unecessarily strict supply chain security rules at the sixth round of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations in Brussels on 16 July. ESC said that removing over-strict regulations could be an important element of removing non-tariff barriers to ... [+]

M2 less worrying than P3, say European shippers

The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) described the proposed M2 vessel sharing agreement between MSC and Maersk on the East-West trades as “less worrying for shippers than the now cancelled P3 consortium between MSC, Maersk and CMA CGM. Ot pointed out, however, that the two carriers would have a market share ... [+]

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