Shipping conferences and antitrust exemption in North America from a Canadian perspective: New life in an old debate
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description: Transport Canada defines shipping conferences (herein "conferences") as follows: "Ocean liner shipping companies [which] offer regularly scheduled ocean transportation services, as opposed to irregular or non-liner services, primarily consisting of the carriage of containerized cargo rather than bulk commodities. A conference is an association of liner companies operating under an agreement to provide service on common trade routes and which collectively agree on rates and terms of service."
abstract: Transport Canada defines shipping conferences (herein "conferences") as follows: "Ocean liner shipping companies [which] offer regularly scheduled ocean transportation services, as opposed to irregular or non-liner services, primarily consisting of the carriage of containerized cargo rather than bulk commodities. A conference is an association of liner companies operating under an agreement to provide service on common trade routes and which collectively agree on rates and terms of service."
author: Jermyn, Glen
keywords: Law
date published: 2001
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:23:06Z
provider: University of Cape Town
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Shipping Law Unit

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value: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38384