Cost of Waterproof Folding Containers Used at Russian Airports

Are foldable containers a good investment?

Despite high purchase costs and the additional folding and unfolding costs of foldable containers, foldable containers have advantages in the reduction of repositioning costs and saving in terms of storage space and vessel capacity.

Will foldable containers be less expensive in the future?

Currently, foldable containers with lower production costs have been designed in several studies. Moreover, when foldable containers can be produced on a large scale, their purchasing cost can fall. It is expected that foldable containers will be less expensive in the future. Third, an experiment has been conducted on the transportation cost.

Why are foldable containers not used in Asian ports?

Because of insufficiencies of empty containers at Asian ports, repositioning of foldable containers does not occur and foldable containers are used to transport goods from Asia to NA. In this case, the utilization of foldable containers decreases as folding and unfolding costs increase.

Are foldable containers effective in repositioning empty containers?

Foldable containers are considered an effective solution to deal with the endemic imbalance in the repositioning of empty containers. Several foldable containers were commercialized without clear breakthrough in the market and most current researches are still limited to small pilot projects.