For owners. The user owns containers located in Singapore. Somebody wants to buy them in Hamburg. It would be more profitable to send them to the destination with a passing cargo. The shipper will pay for transportation, and the seller will save on moving the container. On the Containers.Guide the owner publishes an ad for the provision of a container. It is necessary to specify characteristics and route, with the expected dates of travel. After that, waits for a response from the shippers at the platform and directly negotiates the deal.
For freight forwarders/NVOCCs. The freight forwarder received a request from the shipper to transport cargo from one continent to another. The freight forwarder is ready to deliver the goods on a turnkey basis. To do this, organizes the work of all participants in the shipping, including finding a container. Is it possible to do it quickly and profitably using the Containers.Guide? Yes, it is necessary to find a container from a private owners. Using such containers is cheaper than offers from the majority of shipping lines. Then, respond or contact the contacts listed in the ad to make a deal immediately. If there is no suitable offer, leave your request, specifying the characteristics of the container that is required for cargo transportation. Wait for a response or call from interested owners and negotiate the bid.
For shippers/cargo owners. The cargo owner was unsatisfied with the offer of a shipping line for container transportation and decided to find a better solution. On Containers.Guide website he looking for suitable offer of a private container with a lower rate. Next, it is necessary to respond to the ad or use the specified contacts to make a deal. If the routes of the cargo and container are the same, the "win-win " model is triggered, where each side is the winner. The container owner will not charge a fee for using the container, and the cargo owner has to pay for transportation costs only.
For carriers and transport companies. The carrier finds an offer of a containers on the Containers.Guide website. Contacting the company through the contacts indicated on the site, offers its services and agrees on the transportation of containers for the company.
For container terminals. A terminal employee fills out a profile on the Containers.Guide platform, specifying services, detailed characteristics, access roads and capacity, so that other users can select terminals for their needs.