Container Liner Shipping Sector "Dawn Raided" In EU

The European Commission, which has responsibility for enforcing the EU's antitrust rules, announced that it has raided the offices of a number of companies active in the container liner shipping sector. The raids took place in several Member States.

Raids of this kind are carried out when the Commission has reason to believe that companies have violated the EU's antitrust rules prohibiting cartels or other restrictive agreements and abuse of a dominant market position. The fact of having carried out raids does not prejudge the outcome of the Commission's investigation and there will now follow an extended period of information gathering, including via requests for information sent to sector participants and possibly further raids on additional companies.