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£54 Million Settlement Approved In Shipping Cartel Action

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has approved a settlement between Mark McLaren, the Class Representative and the two remaining defendant groups (MOL and NYKK) in the Car Delivery Charges legal action.

A hearing took place on 15 January 2026 during which the CAT unanimously approved the settlement. The CAT has handed down its judgment which can be found here. This settlement concludes the claim against the Car Carriers Cartelists and brings the total recovery to £92.75 million following earlier settlements with “K” Line, WWL/EUKOR and CSAV in January 2025 and December 2023 respectively.

The action against some of the world’s leading shipping companies was brought by consumer champion and class representative Mark McLaren and was originally valued at £150 million. The cartel affected the shipments of 17 million new cars and vans to the UK from a variety of major European brands, including Ford, Vauxhall, Volkswagen, Peugeot, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Toyota, Citroen, and Renault that were sold or leased by UK consumers and businesses between October 2006 and September 2015. This settlement follows a nine-week trial against MOL and NYK which started in January 2025.

To view the full article regarding the settlement, click here.

Class members who are potentially entitled to a share of the recovery should register to be kept updated.

Mark McLaren* is representing millions of motorists and businesses who bought or leased a new car or van, in an action against five major shipping companies.

In Europe, it is a breach of competition law for competitors to agree on the prices to charge, and divide customers amongst themselves. From October 2006 to September 2012, the shipping companies were in a cartel and exchanged commercially sensitive information, coordinated prices and divided customers amongst themselves, to avoid competing with each other. The cartel is likely to have made the cost of shipping new cars and vans into the UK and Europe higher than it should have been. If new car and van buyers were the victims of the cartel, they will be part of the claim to recover damages from the shipping companies.

*Through Mark McLaren Class Representative Limited, a company set up specifically to bring this claim.

Class members who were based in the UK on 20 May 2022 are automatically included in the claim unless they choose to opt-out. The deadline (12 August 2022) to opt out has now expired, meaning class members will not be able to opt back in and will not be entitled to a share of any settlement or damages recovered.

“The Commission has sanctioned several companies for colluding in the maritime transport of cars… we will not tolerate anticompetitive behavior affecting European consumers.”

“When UK consumers and businesses purchased or leased a new car, I believe they paid more for the delivery than they should have done. I have spent much of my career working in consumer protection and I strongly believe that compensation should be paid when consumers are harmed by such deliberate, unlawful conduct.”

We're very happy to support this claim against the shipping companies and to hopefully see some redress for consumers who've paid too much for their cars. Buying a car is an expensive process, so any overcharging can make a big difference to car buyers.”

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