4 FAQs about Malta Highway Use of Folding Container Hybrid

What is a 4 fold container stacked?

4 folded 4FOLD containers stacked have the same dimensions as 1 container, enabling the reduction of transport movements up to 75%. An increase of the shipping lines' profit margin of 600% is possible, corresponding to savings up to 25% on the operational costs and 27% on the total CO2 emissions of container transport at sea.

What is a 4fold foldable container?

Due to the global imbalance of import/export ca. €25 billion a year is spent on repositioning empty containers and unnecessary emissions of CO2, NOx and PM are generated. The technical solution proposed by HCI is the 4FOLD foldable container. This concept is IP protected by HCI by 8 patents.

How does global container shipping work?

Global container shipping has significantly grown during the past two decades (United Nations ). trade volume differences. Traditionally, shipp ing companies address this by transferring containers between ports using spare ship capacity. However, this does not generate revenue and incurs container managemen t costs (CMCs).

Why do containerships cost a lot of fuel?

Containerships consume much fuel that is sensitive to bunker costs resulting in longer transit times and lower customer satisfaction. Also, shipping carriers are concerned with higher fixed operational costs and a lower freight rate due to ship overcapacity. Therefore, reducing

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