MOL exec explains pricing variations

Thursday, May 10, 2012

The U.K. managing director for container line MOL laid out the reasons why different shippers receive significant variations in price quotes from different shipping lines. “Calculating a realistic price for a container movement can be very complex – it depends on how full the ship is, the price of fuel, how fast it sails, how long a container might stay in the port and so on,” said MOL’s Adrian Jones, speaking at a multimodal exhibition in Birmingham, United Kingdom. “With the var...

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