CHINA SHIPPING JOINS INTRA-ASIA RATE DISCUSSION GROUP

CHINA SHIPPING JOINS INTRA-ASIA RATE DISCUSSION GROUP    China Shipping Container Lines, the expansionist Chinese carrier, will join the Intra-Asia Discussion Agreement, a large group of ocean carriers that discusses rates and surcharges in the intra-Asian trades.
   China Shipping will join fellow Chinese line COSCO and about 35 other shipping lines as members of the group.
   China Shipping’s membership of the Intra-Asia Discussion Agreement will be effective on May 15, when the agreement carriers meet in Bangkok.