About the register
This register contains a record of shipping investigations run by the ACCC.
Australian importers and exporters rely on the cargo shipping services by international liners.
Shipping conference agreements between 2 or more shipping liners can breach rules. These rules relate to competition and cartels.
We investigate complaints from parties negatively affected by a registered conference agreement. This can be a complaint from the affected party or referred to us by the responsible Minister.
We can also investigate the operation of an agreement without receiving a complaint.
After investigating, we can recommend that the Minister deregisters a shipping conference agreement.