U.S, EUROPEAN, JAPANESE SHIPPER GROUP WIDENS GLOBAL MEMBERSHIP

    The three original members of the tripartite shippers’ meeting – the U.S. National Industrial Transportation League, the Japan Shippers’ Council and European Shippers’ Council – have decided to extend the group to include representatives from other major Asian countries and Canada.
    The Hong Kong Shippers’ Council, the Korean Shippers’ Council, the Singapore National Shippers’ Council, the Thai National Shippers’ Council, the Federation of ASEAN Shippers’ Councils and the Canadian Shippers’ Council will attend the tripartite group’s next annual meeting, an Asian shippers’ council official told American Shipper.
    The tripartite group, formed in 1994, will hold its next meeting of global shippers in September in Vancouver, British Columbia.
    The group has adopted a policy of expanding the organization "to include the shippers’ organizations that truly represent shippers’ interests in the three major trading areas of the world," a spokesman said.