1) An estimated 90% of global trade is transported by container ships, with over 100 million container loads crossing the oceans each year on over 5,000 container ships.
2) The average container spends 56% of its lifespan idle or empty during repositioning, incurring additional costs for shipping and leasing companies.
3) A standard container has a lifespan of 10-15 years depending on usage and conditions, but can last up to 20 years if well-maintained in mild conditions.
2. http://www.alteich.com/tidbits/t060401.htm:
An estimated 90% of the world's trade today
moves in containers.
One hundred million container loads
crisscross the world's oceans each year in
over 5,000 container ships.
Some 20% of the containers on board
are empty…
http://log.ae/2008/09/01/maximising-space/
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5. INNOVATION, what can it bring?
The year 1954.
At that time Philip Morris & Co,
owners of a brand called Marlboro,
was dead last in sales among the
major tobacco companies.
Marlboro makeover---
it’s packaging!
For a 5 year exclusivity Marlboro
was the first brand to be packaged
in the handy “Flip-Top Box.”
Marlboro’s new image paid
huge dividends
Think outside the box ! in attracting smokers.
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6. aluminum and/or …
1958
care free aluminum / iron / galvanized iron / …
WIKI: galvanizing for protection of iron is favored because of its low cost,
the ease of application, and the extended maintenance-free service that it provides.
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9. Technical innovation, copyrighted design,
exclusive implementation through Patent Application,
taking into account the range of terminal operations:
graphics via www.cosmos.be 9
38. Feasibility – Huge Dividends Check ‘Foldable Containers:
a New Perspective on Reducing Container-Repositioning Costs’ 38
on ‘http://www.ejtir.tudelft.nl/issues/2001_04/pdf/2001_04_01.pdf