Container haulage set for consolidation (HL).

THE laden container haulage industry, long dominated by the so-called "Group of Five", will move into "short period of market consolidation" when the sector is liberalised with the entry of seven new players.

For now, nobody in the industry seems to think the five DiPerdana Bhd, Konsortium Logistik Bhd, Kontena Nasional Bhd, MISC Haulage Sdn Bhd and Multi Modal Freight Sdn Bhd - will be threatened by the competition.

"The concern is whether the new players will be able to survive or whether they will contribute positively to the growth of the sector," said a senior executive of a haulage company.

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