Japan antitrust officials visit car carriers

Regulatory/Transport

Thursday, September 06, 2012

Reports from Bloomberg and Reuters say the offices of several major shipping companies that operate car carriers were visited by antitrust authorities today in Japan. Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics issued a statement saying its "offices in Tokyo were visited by the Japan Fair Trade Commission as part of an investigation related to the Japan Anti Monopoly Act." Bloomberg said Nippon Yusen, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha and Eukor Car Carriers all confi...

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