Ocean carriers offered 25% on empty container costs.

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With major imbalances in world trade set to continue, the estimated 33 million containers in the global supply chain will all, at some time, require expensive repositioning and storage.

The concept of a foldable container has been looked at several times without progress, but now a major Dutch leasing company, CARU, has teamed up with compatriot Holland Container Innovations (HCI) and invested an undisclosed sum in a newly-designed product known as the 4Fold.

In March 2013, HCI became the first company to achieve ISO ...