Digital platform simplifies shipper-owned container sourcing

Online platform Container xChange aims to streamline the process of sourcing shipper-owned containers (SOCs) for a growing number of market participants who wish to save costs and gain control of logistics processes.

Traditionally, sourcing an SOC can be long-winded as a shipper would have to reach out to companies, set up legal agreements, negotiate terms, add container insurance and use separate tools for tracking and invoicing afterwards.

Florian Frese, Container xChange’s marketing manager, told CM: “Our mission, so to say, is to make booking a container as easy as you would book your flight or your hotel.”