Folding containers bongdaso ìno resolve supply chain congestion

Folding containers can contribute bongdaso ìno solve warehouse and port congestion, saving costs and protecting the environment.

Staxxon, a start-up in the US, is planning bongdaso ìno sell containers that can be folded up bongdaso ìno one-fifth the size of conventional 6 meters bongdaso ìno 12 meters long containers. The company announced the project will start commercial production this year and allow buyers bongdaso ìno pre-order at 0 per container.

If Staxxon's container design is adopted by major carriers, it could mark as the first major change for containers in decades.

The first container was patented in 1956 by Mr. Malcolm McLean, the owner of one of the largest trucking companies in the US. Not long after, the International Maritime Organization adopted this design as the standard for containers.

In the following decades, the design of the containers hardly changed significantly. However, the recent supply chain crisis has forced major carriers and retailers bongdaso ìno rethink how they ship goods.

Over the past 2 years, we have witnessed the situation of empty containers filling up the docks and warehouses, causing the transportation system bongdaso ìno become congested. Last year, Business Insider recorded more than 110,000 empty containers occupying the port of Southern California, the largest seaport in the United States.

Not only that, moving empty containers also costs a lot. Last year, Bloomberg reported that about 27% of 6-meter-sized containers transported through ports were empty, causing about billion cost bongdaso ìno the industry.

Accordingly, folding containers are considered as the solution in the current context. Mr. Shao Hung Goh, Lecturer in Logistics and Supply Chain at Singapore University of Social Sciences, said that carriers can save up bongdaso ìno 57% in domestic transportation costs by using folding containers, even at the expense of replacing traditional containers.

According bongdaso ìno Mr. Richard Danderline, CFO of Staxxon, folding containers is the key for transport businesses and shippers bongdaso ìno increase capacity, while solving the problem of port congestion, saving costs and protecting the environment.

Staxxon isn't the only company looking bongdaso ìno the future of folding containers. 4Fold, a Dutch company, reavling that they are also creating a container with similar function, which could save up bongdaso ìno 37% in costs and emissions. Another Dutch company called Delft has also distributed folding containers bongdaso ìno dozens of shippers and transportation firm for try-outs.

While congestion at Southern California ports has decreased in recent months, many on the East Coast have tended bongdaso ìno increase. On the other hand, cargo ports are all preparing for peak shipping demand before autumn. This is the time for retailers and shippers bongdaso ìno work bongdaso ìno recover from the impact of the two-year pandemic.

Source:https://vnexpress.net/container-gap-giup-giai-quyet-tac-nghen-chuoi-cung-ung-4470283.html

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