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Evergreen court defeat in Seoul raises fresh legal risks for shipping lines

By Jenny Lee ( April 25, 2025, 07:47 GMT | Insight) -- Evergreen Marine has suffered a legal setback in South Korea, as the country's top court overturned a lower court ruling that had cleared the company of allegations it participated in a long-running shipping line cartel. The decision now casts renewed legal uncertainty over dozens of other container shipping lines implicated in the price-fixing scheme, signaling that what the industry had viewed as legitimate joint conduct under maritime law may, in fact, violate antitrust rules.Evergreen Marine has suffered a legal setback in South Korea, as the country's top court overturned a lower court ruling that had cleared the company of allegations it participated in a long-running shipping line cartel. The decision now casts renewed legal uncertainty over dozens of other container shipping lines implicated in the price-fixing scheme, signaling that what the industry had viewed as legitimate joint conduct under maritime law may, in fact, violate antitrust rules....

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