Supply Chain

Beyond the vessel — the inland leg, the box flow, the equipment imbalances, the empty-container repositioning costs and the supply-chain dynamics that shippers and forwarders deal with when the ocean leg is only part of the picture.

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Supply Chain

Why the Inland Container Depot Network Across Northern Europe Is Going Through More Change Than the Coverage Reflects

The inland depots are the unglamorous infrastructure that determines whether the marine terminal capacity gets to the customers efficiently. The Northern European…

Anneke van Dijk May 11, 2026 8 min read

Supply Chain

The Empty Container Repositioning Problem That Carriers Are Quietly Trying to Solve

Empty container repositioning costs the global liner industry billions of dollars a year and produces operational friction that affects shippers worldwide. The…

Anneke van Dijk May 11, 2026 8 min read