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Issue 2 2018 - Freight Business Journal www.vixsoft.com


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Commission fines car carrying lines for cartel activities


The European Commission has fined five car carrying shipping lines €395 million for breaking antitrust rules. It found that CSAV, “K” Line, MOL, NYK and WWL- EUKOR participated in a cartel for the intercontinental maritime transport of vehicles. It was part of a wider action by


the Commission that also targeted the supply of car parts. All companies acknowledged


their involvement in the cartels and agreed to settle the cases, said the Commission. Margrethe Vestager, in charge


of competition policy said: “The Commission has sanctioned several companies for colluding in the maritime transport of cars and


the supply of car parts. The three separate decisions taken show that we will not tolerate anticompetitive behaviour affecting European consumers and industries. By raising component prices or transport costs for cars, the cartels ultimately hurt European consumers and adversely impacted the competitiveness of the European automotive sector, which employs around 12 million people in the EU.” The Commission said that for


almost six years, from October 2006 to September 2012, the five carriers formed a cartel in the market for deep sea transport of new cars, trucks and other large vehicles such as combine


harvesters and tractors, on various routes between Europe and other continents. The Commission’s investigation that


revealed carriers’ sales


managers met at each other’s offices, in bars, restaurants or other social gatherings and were in regular contact by phone. In particular, they coordinated prices, allocated customers and exchanged commercially sensitive information about elements of the price, such as charges and currency and fuel surcharges. It said that the carriers agreed


to maintain the status quo in the market and to respect each other’s traditional business on certain routes or with certain customers,


UPS to sue Brussels for billions over failed TNT deal


UPS said on 26 February that it plans to sue the European Commission for blocking its


planned takeover of Dutch- headquartered operator TNT five years ago.


It follows the General Court of


the European Union annulation of the Commission regulators’


by quoting artificially high prices or not quoting at all in tenders issued by vehicle manufacturers. It added that the carriers


concerned accounted for almost half the European motor vehicle shipping market. MOL however


received full


immunity for revealing the existence of the cartel, avoiding a fine of about €203 million. The Commission also reduced CSAV’s fine by 20%, to take into account its lesser involvement in the infringement. The other lines also gained 10% reductions for cooperating with the Commission. Ultimately, NYK was fine


€141.8m, K Line €39.1m, WWL- Eukor €207.3m and CSAV €7.0m.


decision last year on the grounds that they had used flawed analysis – which however came too late to save the deal as TNT had by then already accepted an offer from UPS’s rival, FedEx. According to court papers,


UPS has filed a claim for €1.74 billion, plus interest.


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Le Shuttle Freight traffic rose 10% in January to a new record of 144,272 trucks, said tunnel operator, Getlink. For the first time, Le Shuttle Freight carried more than 7,000 trucks in one day, on 25 January.


Russian container rail operator United Transport and Logistics Company (UTLC) said that its Asia/Europe traffic surged by 75% to 175,000teu in 2017. It dispatched a total of 2,102 trains on 15 regular routes.


Code Pink for Delta US airline Delta Cargo has


launched a GPS-linked Equation Critical international service for urgent international shipments that need to use the next available flight, with distinctive pink packaging. There is no need to pre-book and cargo can be tendered up to 90 minutes before flight departure. Delta’s Cargo Control Center monitors shipments throughout the journey and customers can also track shipments in real time. It will initially be available for international shipments originating in Atlanta, Savannah or London and destined for Bogota, Johannesburg, Quito and Seoul but will be progressively


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