As a Common Feeder carrying up to 900,000 teus per annum with approximately 23 vessels under operation (including VSA partners) a Shippers' Own Container (SOC) philosophy remains, thus retaining complete neutrality in the sector. Deriving its name from the early trading area of the Bay of Bengal where BTL first established its origins as a Common Feeder, today’s geographical spread covers from the Far East to the Arabian Gulf but the core sectors remain within the Indian sub-continent