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By Ira Breskin, Journalist, Lecturer and Editor

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Container-line transformation faces its biggest test from those paying the bills

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By Ira Breskin Liner shipping firms are upgrading their offerings to attract the premium business needed to bolster the industry’s anemic margins. Yet it is shippers, intermediaries, and beneficial cargo owners (BCOs) who will render the final judgment on the strategy, and the jury remains very much out. Led by the Danish giant Maersk Line and French line CMA CGM,…

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Ira Breskin is a journalist, lecturer, and editor, focusing on maritime-related subjects. He is the author of The Business of...

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