FIFTEEN TO TWENTY PERCENT CUT IN OCEAN FREIGHT RATES CAN BE OFFERED SHIPPERS IF CONGRESS PERMITS CLOSED CONFERENCES IN U.S. TRADE

Hapag-Lloyd study of North Atlantic trades shows carriers would save $200,000,000 a year, equal to 30% of total revenues; would be willing to split the savings with shippers; services would be rationalized.

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  Howard Publications, Incorporated

  300 W. Adams Street, Suite 600, P.O. Box 4728
  Jacksonville, FL  United States  32201
• Publication Date: 1977-8

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 11
• Serial:
  • American Shipper
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Howard Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 1074-8350
  • Serial URL: http://www.americanshipper.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coding systems; Containerization; Cost control; Freight traffic; Policy; Rates; Shippers associations; Shipping; Shipping conferences; Trade; Trend (Statistics)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost reduction; Freight rates
• Old TRIS Terms: Conference operations; Shippers councils; Shipping codes; Shipping policies
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172841
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: AMERICAN SHIPPER
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 12 1978 12:00AM