New Zealand Shippers Council supports final report on International Freight Services

The New Zealand Shippers Council (NZSC), which represents many of New Zealand’s largest exporters, is calling on the government to take note of the findings and recommendations from the final report into International Freight Transport Services.

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OBERSTAR INTRODUCES NEW OCEAN SHIPPING REFORM BILL
Congressman Jim Oberstar (D-MN), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Chairman of the Committee’s Coast Guard and Maritime Subcommittee, have introduced legislation which would eliminate collective ocean liner carrier activities  involving the joint discussion, fixing or negotiating of rates or surcharges. Titled the Shipping Act of 2010 (H.R. 6167), the measure would eliminate ocean carriers’ antitrust immunity which presently exists for collective ratemaking and would establish a new set of requirements on individual and joint carrier activities.

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Asian Shippers Council-Press release 

Sounding the death knell to shipping cartels

 The Asian Shippers’ Council (ASC) is delighted to hear that “The Shipping Act of 2010 (H.R. 6167)” has been introduced in the US Congress. When passed, the new ocean shipping reform bill will bring an end to antitrust immunity for conferences and rate discussion agreements, heralding in a new beginning in the US and beyond.

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