There is a lot of concern among freight forwarders about how shipping lines in particular have behaved towards them over the past two years, targeting the business of smaller players.

During the pandemic, shipping lines saw smaller forwarders as “the enemy”, according to WCAWorld CEO Dan March, speaking to The Loadstar at Transport Logistic in Munich last week.

“There was a lot of disquiet about the way the shipping lines acted when the rates blew up and they ripped up people’s contracts, acting in a way many forwarders felt was a little unfair to them.

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