Brussels, 22/11/2013 (Agence Europe) - Following spot checks in May 2011, the European Commission decided on 22 November to open formal antitrust proceedings against several container liner shipping companies to investigate whether they engaged in concerted practices, in breach of EU antitrust rules, in the transport of containers by ship at a fixed time schedule on a specific route between ports in Asia and Europe. The Commission says that, since 2009, these companies have been making...