SHIPPING CONFERENCE LEGISLATION IN CANADA, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE UNITED STATES: BACKGROUND, EMERGING DEVELOPMENTS, TRENDS AND A FEW MAJOR ISSUES

In this paper, the emerging developments and trends in liner shipping and some of the associated issues are briefly examined. Section two reviews the background to shipping conference legislation in Canada, the European Economic Community (EEC) and the United States. The conference exemption legislation in each of these jurisdictions is examined in section three, with a schematic chart on its evolution in Appendix 1. This is followed by a brief examination of the two basic rationales for exempting ocean liner shipping from competition laws: the economic (i.e., the need to provide stability of rates and services) and the political (i.e., considerations of international comity) in section four. The theory behind the economic argument is elaborated in Appendix 2. Its purpose is to shed some light on why conference legislation developed and what were the justifications used to retain the exemption of conferences from the competition laws.

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• Authors:
  • Monteiro, J
  • ROBERTSON, G
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 141-204
• Serial:
  • Transportation Law Journal
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: University of Denver College of Law
  • ISSN: 0049-450X
  • Serial URL: https://www.law.du.edu/transportation-law-journal

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Exemption; International law; Legislation; Liner shipping; Ocean liners; Shipping conferences
• Geographic Terms: Canada; Europe
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00768239
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 1999 12:00AM