As of October 2008, liner shipping companies lose their privileged status under EU competition law due to withdrawal of the liner conference block exemption, wh

In twenty years, the globalization of trade has led to a change in scale that has upset the balance of power between the players in online containerized maritim

A liner conference, as a self-regulation organisational form of liner shipping companies, constitutes a typical "hard-core cartel" with significant anti-competi

Purpose of this study is to establish whether or not it is necessary to exempt liner conferences from the regular mechanisms of European competition law by mean

Maritime competition as an economic phenomenon is currently influenced by a number of factors both at EU and international level. From a legislative point of vi