Berni Folding Container Three-Phase Discount

When will a foldable container be rentable?

With regard to the return on investment as compared with the standard container, this means that the foldable container may potentially start to be rentable after 4 round trips when its purchase price is US$ 20,000 and two round trips when its price is US$ 10,000.

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.

Which containers are foldable or collapsible?

As mentioned above, the foldable or collapsible containers that have been actually commercialized to date are SIO, Fallpac and HCI. Among them, only HCI is fully foldable whereas SIO is collapsible and Fallpac combines collapsible and foldable features.

Can a 5-tier stacking foldable container be economically produced?

This paper presents the design of a new 5-tier stacking foldable container with convenient folding and unfolding process and that can be produced economically compared to previous products. The selected size of the container is the standard 40-ft high cube because it represents about 70% of the maritime container fleet transiting Korean ports.