Budget Scheme for Mixed Bulk Procurement of Foldable Containers

Do foldable containers reduce container fleet management costs?

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.

Are foldable containers effective in repositioning empty containers?

Foldable containers are considered an effective solution to deal with the endemic imbalance in the repositioning of empty containers. Several foldable containers were commercialized without clear breakthrough in the market and most current researches are still limited to small pilot projects.

Do foldable containers generate revenue?

However, this does not generate revenue and incurs container management costs (CMCs). Some container carriers may use foldable containers (FLDs), such as four-in-one designs, instead of standard containers (STDs), in order to minimize the costs associated with relocating empty containers.

How are empty containers allocated?

During the calculation process, we assume that empty containers are allocated based on the principle of maximum debt priority proposed in this paper at all freight stations. In this experiment, the demand variance is set to 20% of the expected value of each inland freight station. The calculation results are shown in Fig. 10.