Abstract
Most container line companies store their empty containers in depots outside of the container terminals. The storage level of empty containers in depots and the location of depots can not only significantly affect the cost of container reposition between terminal and depot, depot and depot, depot and shipper or consignee, but also the cost of storage and quality of customer service, all important to the operation of container line companies. The paper presents a model to minimize the cost of repositioning empty containers. Different from other literature, the effect of freight forwarders on empty container reposition was considered in the model. To test the effect of the model, it was used in Qingdao Qianwan container terminal and depots around the terminal. The result demonstrated that the model reduced the cost of empty container repositioning.
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