The percentage of top 50 freight forwarders accepting shipper owned container (SOC) requests grew from 6% in 2019 and 10% in 2020 to 18% in 2021, according to the annual ‘Mystery Shopping SOC report’ by Container xChange, an online container marketplace.
“Though there is considerable improvement in demand for SOCs, the major forwarders are yet to fulfill the demand for the boxes on the route from China to Germany,” commented the Hamburg-based company.
“SOC increases reliability for empty...
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