the Global Shippers' Forum wishes that the new European norms on the marine hires are extended to total level



The Global Shippers' Forum (GSF) wishes that the new norms of the European Union on the transparency of the marine hires who will be applied by next 7 December can be extended to total level. The new dispositions are agreed to conclusion of an investigation of the EU started with the scope to assess the constitution of restrictive practical trusts and of the competition in the field of the containerized marine transport, investigation concluded with the acceptance of a series of assumed binding engagements from 14 main companies of navigation of the market that will have to maintain them for a period three-year-old ( on 7 July 2016).

Alex Veitch, in charge of the policies of the GSF, participating to the Global Liner Shipping Asia Conference held last week to Singapore, has emphasized that the norm agreed in center EU has a limited within of application, while would have to be adopted all over the world. "If the relative communications to the hires do not constitute a meaningful problem - it has explained - then would not have to sussistere problems to adopt such norms to total level, so eliminating every possibility of co-ordinate increases of rates". According to Veitch, "practical the tariff ones must be completely magazines all the world in order to place the shipping online with the other modern practical in the within of the commerce".

The representative of the Global Shippers' Forum has expressed also worry for the increasing importance of the shipowning alliances, as - she has specified - they have determined a greater concentration of the market, in which the first five companies of navigation of the line field represents a quota pairs almost 60% of the total.

"the GSF - it has specified Veitch - admits that there are arguments in favor of the Vessel Sharing Agreements in terms of efficiency, but is important to assure that this does not go to the detriment of the choice and of the diversification of the service. Moreover - it has observed - the trend towards larger ships has had an impact with the increase of the harbour costs determined from the necessity to invest in infrastructures and from the necessity to quickly load and to unload a container large number".

Veitch has announced that the Global Shippers' Forum will in the next few days introduce a detailed analysis on the concentrations in the field of the containerized marine transport and on the pressures on this important segment of shipping the continuations to the crisis financial institution of 2008.