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Shipping getting anti-competitive for smallest states, UN says

Maersk, MSC, and CMA CGM have 35% of world market, a report says

Published Thu, Oct 15, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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SHIPPING mergers are leaving an increasing number of countries serviced by too few suppliers to ensure a competitive market, the UN trade and economic thinktank UNCTAD said on Wednesday.

Globally, there is now an average of 15.7 companies offering regular container shipping services to each country, a number that has declined steadily from 22.1 in 2004, UNCTAD said in its annual Review of Maritime Transport.

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