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The UK–Calcutta Conference was a shipping conference established in 1875 to regulate the tea trade. Following the opening of the Suez Canal, the travel time between the United Kingdom and India was halved, resulting in surplus capacity. There followed surplus capacity on the UK-India roots and the conference amounted to a supply regulating mechanism.

References

  1. Feys, Torsten. "The battle for the Migrants: The Introduction of Steamships on the North-Atlantic and its Impact on the European Exodus". academia.edu. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. Alderton, Patrick M. (2010). Reeds Sea Transport: Operation and Economics. London: Adlard Coles Nautical. ISBN 9781408130186. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
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