It's a misleading statement. The terminal isn't accepting the empty. That's a different business from the shipping line. What likely happens is that the shippi

It's a misleading statement. The terminal isn't accepting the empty. That's a different business from the shipping line. What likely happens is that the shipping line is sending these charges out automatically (global systems, huge company, etc). Which are then usually disputed as the terminal isn't accepting the empty. The story makes it out that a shipping line is behaving more strangely than what happens in practice.