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Things can only get better as carrier/shipper relations turn “nasty”

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Are contract negotiations about to turn nasty? Shippers vent their ire at poor carrier services, incompetence and market manipulation, while carriers claim the pandemic is to blame for cuts to services and high freight rates. Out of this conflict a new contract era could emerge.

According to Gordon Downes, the CEO of the online cargo booking site NYSHEX, “Things are getting nasty in container shipping,” as shippers and carriers clash in “misguided” attempts to shift the blame for the current state of the supply chain onto someone else.

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