Empty containers are worth billions of dollars

Container carriers can save huge sums by cooperating in terms of empty containers, shows a new analysis from Boston Consulting Group, which is launching a platform for this purpose, the consulting firm tells ShippingWatch.
Photo: Hanjin
Photo: Hanjin
BY KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN

Container carriers pay a big price for transporting empty containers around the world seas. In fact, the price comes to several billion dollars a year, money that the carriers could benefit from big-time, especially in now when the struggle to turn a profit in the market seems fiercer today than it has in a long time.

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