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Is this related somehow to China refusing to take USA's recycling material? IIRC shipping recycled material was super cheap. So many empty containers. Might as
by specialist 5y ago
Is this related somehow to China refusing to take USA's recycling material?
IIRC shipping recycled material was super cheap. So many empty containers. Might as well fill them with something.
Why aren't empty containers shipped back to China? Boat has to go back anyway, right?
Did the empty containers pile up because no one was willing to pay to ship them
back?
- xuki 5y agoAs I understand the shipping fee from China to the US is very expensive right now, so ships don't want to wait for ports to load empty containers on. They turn around ASAP to catch another shipment from China, leaving all these empty containers at destination ports.
- rdtwo 5y agoYep but every time you do that you basically permanently leave extra containers state side. Might as well flatten them because they will never go back