Foldable and standard containers in empty container repositioning
Strategies to reposition empty containers are an unabated issue for shipping companies. This study compares the repositioning costs of foldable containers to those of
The effect of foldable containers on the costs of container fleet management in liner shipping networks. Maritime Economics & Logistics. 2012. Vol. 14. No. 4. P. 455-479. DOI: 10.1057/mel.2012.16. Shintani, K. & Konings, R. & Imai, A. Combinable containers: A container innovation to save container fleet and empty container repositioning costs.
For the sensitivity analysis, the purchasing price of a foldable container is assumed to be twice as much as that of a standard container. Four foldable containers take up as much space as a standard container when folded and packed together. The folding and unfolding costs are the same; they are assumed to be approximately 50USD per handling.
This paper analyzes the effect of foldable containers in various circumstances. Recently, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many unexpected situations have arisen in the shipping and logistics industries. In this study, we examine three key situations: shutdowns, demand fluctuations, and fleet size fluctuations.
The purchasing price of a standard container, which is amortized for a year, is 946USD per container for a shipping company while that price of a foldable container is 1,892USD per container. 5.2.1. Experiments on Models 1 and 2 Experiments are conducted to compare the cost of using standard containers with that of using foldable containers.
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