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Asian shippers warn 'hostile' liners |
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Monday, 27 July 2009 |
 There seems to be little sympathy among Asian shippers for the plight of liner shipping; so much so that some of the Asian shippers’ bodies have expressed doubts over cries of poverty by the lines, according to Shippers’ Voice. As the shipping lines struggle to
keep their heads above waters in the present economic scenario, Asian
shippers warn that they will avoid shipping lines perceived to be
“hostile” to them, pointing out that times are even more difficult for
shippers with a large number of exporters, importers, wholesalers and
retailers having pulled down shutters.
They are particularly sore about various types of surcharges that the
shipping lines slap from to time, and one such levy is “container seal
charge” recently slapped on Hong Kong and South China shippers. The
terminal handling charge is a matter of even greater scorn. Meanwhile,
European Shippers’ Council and its US counterpart, the National
Industrial Transportation League, are engaged in a debate over
Rotterdam Rules, with the European body seeing in the Rules some
inherent dangers and league criticising the council’s position. The
Convention on Contracts on Contracts for the International Carrying of
Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea is also known as Rotterdam Rules 2009.
Source: The Hindu Business Line
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