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      • By implementing an efficient marketplace for interchanging their empty boxes, carriers could avoid the roughly one-third of repositioning costs that arise from the limitations of their own operations.
      www.bcg.com/publications/2015/transportation-travel-logistics-think-outside-your-boxes-solving-global-container-repositioning-puzzle
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  2. Jul 18, 2023 · That is why shipping lines need to understand their demand weeks in advance, relocate containers across their network and maintain safety stocks of empty containers in various locations worldwide – all while trying to lower overall capacity and minimize storage and relocation costs.

  3. May 29, 2022 · The computational experiments show that the problem with laden and empty distribution can cruise slower due to the efficient empty-container distribution, thus saving fuel costs, considerably. Furthermore, the container shipping network design, without consideration of the empty-container traffic, becomes very costly, due to less efficient ...

  4. Oct 24, 2019 · Repositioning of empty containers in the shipping industry represents about 5% to 8% of a shipping line’s operating costs, and Transmetrics estimates the cost of empty logistics to take more than 12% of a carrier’s operating costs.

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  5. Oct 1, 2023 · Moreover, the shipping lines do not incur any regional repositioning costs when empty containers are returned to the port. On the other hand, shippers seek to minimize the costs of returning empty containers, usually adapting their logistics operations to the current most cost-efficient solution.

  6. Nov 17, 2015 · Approaches to reducing the costs of moving empty containers include negotiating better rates with terminals, depots, and intermodal operators; forming strategic partnerships with trucking and rail companies; and jointly procuring repositioning services with other carriers.

  7. Feb 2, 2021 · Repositioning of empty containers in the shipping industry constitutes about 5% to 8% of a shipping line’s operating costs. Moreover, there are additional costs incurred for the storage and maintenance of empty containers, adding them to the total costs of empty logistics by 12% of operating costs.

  8. Dec 14, 2014 · According to whether shipping lines are coordinating the container flows over different service routes and whether they are willing to share container fleets with other companies, four strategies are defined for empty container repositioning: container-sharing and route-coordination; container-sharing without route-coordination; route ...