India-US liners tweak 2025–26 contract plans amid shipper performance fears: NVOs

Bency Mathew, Special Correspondent | Apr 2, 2025, 11:32 AM EDT

The change to a more freight-all-kinds strategy comes as ongoing contracts for the 2024–25 service year bundled with penalty clauses have proved to be problematic for keeping customer relationships intact.

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