U.S. Federal Maritime Commission reportedly likely to approve P3 Alliance

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The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is expected to approve an alliance among the world's three biggest container lines by the end of March, but will attach conditions to help protect smaller competitors, freight forwarders and fuel providers on the busiest trades, according to sources of the Wall Street Journal. Denmark's Maersk Line, France's CMA CGM and Switzerland's Mediterranean Shipping Co. announced in 2013 they planned a route-sharing alliance called the P3 Alliance, to start the second quarter of this 2014.