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A n amazing assortment of goods is moved over the world’s ocean trade routes. Of necessity, the carriers charge for the service they render. The charges vary as widely as the cargoes since they mirror both the shipowner’s costs and the special conditions prevailing on the trade routes the ships traverse.
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Gunnar K. Sletmo and Ernest W. Williams, Jr., Liner Conferences in the Container Age (New York, Macmillan, 1981), pp. 66–67. (Hereafter cited as Sletmo.)
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Kendall, L.C. (1986). How Freight Rates Are Made. In: The Business of Shipping. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4117-5_14
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