News / Feeder line chief warns deepsea carriers to focus more on value rather than cost

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With the Asian feeder market continuing to face a number of challenges, one of its leading operators used this week’s TOC Container Supply China event in Singapore to call for deepsea carriers to focus more on the “value” that feeders provide.

Francis Goh, managing director of X-Press Feeders, told delegates: “Main line operators remain very focused on cost and not on value, and I really hope this will change.”

He added that the tender system developed in recent years by some deepsea ...