What with the Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine kicking off last Thursday, the somewhat less explosive news that antitrust regulators in five anglophone countries were launching a working group to look at “supply chain collusion” got rather sidelined. While carriers’ legal teams are facing an unusually busy year, it is worth remembering...
Australia’s freight associations have called for a ‘FMC-style’ federal regulator to oversee foreign-owned shipping lines and their “overseas masters”. The Freight & Trade Alliance (F&TA) and Australian Peak Shippers Association say serious disruption to international supply chains is jeopardising access to markets for importers and exporters. F&TA director Paul Zalai said: “Market forces...
