The success of 4FOLD

Foldable Containers in Asia

www.4FOLDcontainers.com

Co-funded by the European Union’s

Horizon 2020 research and innovation

programme under grant agreement No.

711257

Jelle van de Hulst

Business Developer

Holland Container Innovations

Industry in heavy weather

• 10 out of the top 20 shipping lines in 2013 are either merged or went bankrupt

• The 6 biggest shipping lines own a market share of 70%

Shipping market becomes more and more concentrated

3.3%

3.6%

3.6%

3.7%

4.1%

4.6%

4.6%

8.6%

13.9%

16.4%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0%

MOL

CSCL

Hanjin Shipping

APL

Hapag-Lloyd

Evergreen Line

COSCO Container Lines

CMA CGM

Mediterranean Shg Co

APM-Maersk

Market Share 2013

1.9%

2.4%

3.0%

7.2%

7.8%

8.5%

9.4%

11.2%

15.0%

20.4%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0%

PIL (Pacific Int. Line)

Hyundai M.M.

OOCL

NYK Line, Mol, K Line

Hapag-Lloyd

COSCO Container Lines

Evergreen Line, Yang Ming and Wan…

CMA CGM

Mediterranean Shg Co

APM-Maersk

Expected Market Share 2017

Time for innovations

Life cycle container transport industry Source: (Menzel & Fornahl, 2010)

Empty repositioning problem

• Imbalances

• On average 20% by sea and 40% by land are

empty

• $25 billion per year

4FOLD Foldable Containertechnology

Strong

Safe

Fast

4 in 1

Patented

4FOLD

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Advantages Carriers

How our Asian customers

reduce their empty transport

• Imblance between West and

East of India

• Folding in Tuticorin

• Saving THC

• Less reshuffle costs

• Imbalance between Jakarta

and Pontianak

• Folding in Pontianak

• Saving THC

• Reduce port stay

• Imbalance between

Incheon and Shanghai

• Folding in Incheon

• NVOCC slot cost saving

• THC saving

• Imbalance between Kazakhstan

and China

• China customs approval

• Folding instead of selling

containers

• Save transport costs

• Save handling costs

– Gauge change

Silk Route

Silk Route

• 60% of the containers transported back to

China are empty

• Repositioning costs are high

→After carriage costs

→Gauge change:

• Poland – Belarus

• Kazakhstan – China

Advantages 4FOLD on rail

• Fold containers when empty in Europe

• Save costs on after carriage

– Handling

– Transport

• Flexibility of modality choice

– Sea

– Rail

• Save costs and time by rail

– Gauge change

Conclusion

• Container industry needs to innovate

• Innovative mind set in Asia

• Reduce empty repositioning with 4FOLD

• The use of 4FOLD will stimulate the Silk Route

Let’s unfold the future

Visit 4FOLD foldable containers at STAND F51

www.4FOLDcontainers.com