Far Eastern Freight Conference
The Far Eastern Freight Conference (FEFC) was an existing 1879-2008 liner conference . The conference , founded as the Agreement for the Working of the China and Japan Trade, Outward and Homeward , was the second oldest association of its kind.
history
On September 1, 1879, nine contract partners, under the leadership of the shipping agent and owner John Samuel Swire, founded the Agreement for the Working of the China and Japan Trade, Outward and Homeward . The line merger, to which the British shipping companies P&O , Blue Funnel Line , Glen Line , Shire Line , Castle Line and Ben Line , as well as the French shipping company Messageries Maritimes belonged, provided a mutually binding uniform tariff system for the various loads and services of liner shipping between Europe and the ports of the Far East.
It was not until 1941 that the conference was given the current name of the Far Eastern Freight Conference (FEFC).
The conference ceased its work on October 17, 2008.
The list of members last included:
- ANL Container Lines Pty Ltd
- APL Company Pte Ltd.
- CMA CGM SA
- CSAV Norasia Liner Services
- Egyptian International Shipping Company
- Hapag-Lloyd AG
- Hyundai Merchant Marine Company Ltd.
- “K” line
- Maersk Line
- MISC BERHAD
- Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.
- Mediterranean Shipping Company SA
- Nippon Yusen Kaisha
- Orient Overseas Container Line
- Safmarine
- Yangming Marine Transport Corporation
See also
literature
- Jennings, Eric: Cargoes . A centenary story of the Far Eastern Freight Conference. Meridian Communications, Singapore 1980.