EU’s shipping consortia block exemption slammed by supply chain stakeholders

Several representatives of the European supply chain have sent a letter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen to express strong disapproval towards the decision to prolong the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER) for another four years without any changes.

The organisations CLECAT, ETA, ESC, ETF and FEPORT voiced their anger on behalf of thousands of European freight forwarders, tug owners, shippers and port companies and terminals and transport workers.

They claim that their value has not been fully recognised in the review process of the CBER after repeated rejections of their request for the Commission to only prolong the regulation for one year.