Container shipping in period of Freight Conference breakup

Abstract

The most important development in the liner shipping industry last 10 years was the repeal of the block exemption that Liner freight conferences had received in the European Union (EU) with regard to price and capacity settings. From of 18 October 2008, former members of the Far East Freight Conference have had to establish their specific rates and freight additions, resulting in different rates and amounts applied across the board. This paper examines the general conditions of competition in a market economy, as well as special conditions for competition in the market for liner transportation, regarding descriptive analysis summarized the available information on the subject. The study is based on EU documents, official EU reviews, and paper of international researchers on the issue of current state and prospects of liner shipping market development. In particular, the history of the emergence and formation of linear conferences and overviews the European Union decision and impact of the repealing it’s block exemption from European competition law for Liner shipping conferences. As a result, the causes and implications were identified of these changes to liner container shipping industry.

Authors and Affiliations

Oleksii Drozhzhyn, Oksana Revenko

Keywords

Related Articles

The impact of privacy and cybersecurity on e-record: The PNR Directive Adoption and the impact of GDPR

Digital transformation means radically change how we manage interaction with everything, including goods, persons and data flows. Cyberspace is by nature borderless and open to everybody, and any sensitive personal info...

Course program: Transportation of passengers. Support and assistance to passengers with reduced mobility in transport

This course is developed to implement state policy on ensuring the accessibility of infrastructure and services for persons with disabilities and other people with reduced mobility. For directors, senior executives, mana...

Evaluation of physical and mechanical properties of quarry stones in the southern Republic of Benin

Engineering properties of stones have a crucial importance when they are used for civil engineering works. In this study, the suitability of rocks blocks or stones as a construction material is established. Cove and Dan...

Structural changes in the global transport chain: Implications for ports

Structural changes in trade and transport environment have come about in response to globalization of production centres, factors and consumption patterns coupled with technological advances in ship and shipping methods....

Port congestion determinants and impacts on logistics and supply chain network of five African ports

This paper typically applied the concept of ranking by inspection using the dwell time of ships in five African ports to evaluate the variations in ship turnaround time and relative efficiency level. This is to identify...

Download PDF file
  • EP ID EP348274
  • DOI 10.14254/jsdtl.2018.3-1.5
  • Views 83
  • Downloads 0

How To Cite

Oleksii Drozhzhyn, Oksana Revenko (2018). Container shipping in period of Freight Conference breakup. Journal of Sustainable Development of Transport and Logistics, 3(1), 53-59. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-348274