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Fee dispute on Lake Constance (Swiss Press Text 2018, by Tanja Von Arx) - Swiss Press Award

Thurgauer Zeitung

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2018

Tanja Von Arx

Since private investors acquired the Swiss Lake Constance Shipping Company (SBS), which was supposed to be sold to the Germans, relations between the two sides have been strained. The leaked minutes of an SBS board meeting listed exasperating landing fees for scheduled ships. Confronted with these facts, the captain took a stand. The first announcement resonated across national borders.

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