News / Shipping lines need to offer end-to-end services to win back business lost to 3PLs

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Container shipping lines looking to create a sustainable business ought to consider offering more value-added services at origin and destination points and spread their focus from simply being a port-to-port transport provider, a leading shipper argued this week.

Filip Degroote, EMEA transportation director at Stanley Black & Decker (SBD), told delegates at this week’s TOC Container Supply Chain event in Rotterdam that “carriers need to create added value of they want to be sustainable”.

He said: “Some carriers are moving in the ...