Hapag-Lloyd halts pick-ups of empty forty-foot reefer containers

Container shortages are now so prevalent that Hapag-Lloyd has decided to introduce a booking stop of empty forty-foot reefer containers from depots in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
Photo: Fabian Bimmer/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Fabian Bimmer/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

Large corporations and logistics companies in need of global sea freight of refrigerated goods must be prepared for it to become even more difficult to secure container capacity.

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