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Green light of the Federal Maritime Commission to the alliance 2M of Maersk Line and MSC
the American governmental agency has approved of the Vessel Sharing Agreement with four ballots to favor and against
October 9, 2014
Governmental agency American Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has approved of the new shipowning alliance 2M that it is centralized on an agreement of Vessel Sharing planned from the Danish Maersk Line and the Swiss Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), respective the first and second company of the world-wide market of the containerized transport of line for ability to the fleet ( on 10 July 2014). "Reuters" has announced specifying that yesterday four of the five commissioners of the FMC have voted in order not to demand additional information to the two companies. The news agency has specified that Richard Lidinsky Jr. he has been the only commissioner to express contrary ballot to the green light in consideration of insufficient information on the agreement, that it is notified 27th August to the FMC to which next the 2 september is notified also the decision to finish to the Vessel Sharing called Agreement P3 Network initially agreed from same Maersk Line and MSC with the French CMA CGM, agreement that is not got ahead because of the prohibition to its operativity in confronts of the decided Chinese market from the authorities of Beijing. Lidinsky, the only commissioner of the American governmental agency to have voted against the VSA P3 Network, has specified that the deliberation of the Federal Maritime Commission on the 2M will take effect next saturday.
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