由于贸易不平衡的本质,世界上每天都有大批的空集装箱从多余的地点运往不足的地点,由此而使许多集装箱必须经历无产出的航程。设备管理效率的低下使运输的空箱数量增加。如果把所有空箱运输量加起来,就可以发现集装箱运输产业存在着严重的问题。 来自美国的数据说,海运集装箱中有1/5是空箱,而北欧主要港口的数字则表明总吞吐量中至少有15％是空箱。据被业界广泛采用数据的德鲁里咨询公司的报告,全球集装箱运输产业用于运送空箱的费用每年高达35亿美元。值得注意的是,该份权威性报告所指的仅是发生在海运区段的费用。如果加上内陆运费,这个 Due to the nature of the trade imbalances, there are large numbers of empty containers in the world each day being transported from redundant locations to inadequate locations, thereby leaving many containers under unproductive voyages. The low efficiency of equipment management increases the number of empty containers transported. If we add up all empty containers, we can find that there are serious problems in the container shipping industry. Data from the United States states that one-fifth of the containers in the ocean are empty containers, while the figures for the major northern ports indicate that at least 15% of the total throughput is empty. According to a report by Drewry Consulting, which is widely adopted by the industry, the global container shipping industry spends up to $ 3.5 billion per year on empty containers. It is noteworthy that this authoritative report only refers to the costs incurred in the seaborne sector. If you add inland freight, this