Owing to imbalances affecting seaborne trade
worldwide, as well as the fact that some markets are
experiencing more empty containers being unloaded
in import than loaded in export, the outcome is thus
generated container equipment surplus. In the opposite
case, where full container exports on a particular
market exceed imports, the outcome is container
equipment shortage. This problem has been identified
as a structural and chronic problem affecting containerisation
at the global level, accounting for container
owners/operators losses measured in billions of USD
on a yearly level