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When there is a demand for empty containers, and people who have them, why isn't it profitable to ship them somewhere? When shipping costs are rising overall, it should be worth it to pay for a delivery of empty containers, rather than continue paying the higher prices.

> I have no idea how christmas is going to work.

Maybe shipping things is not the important part of christmas. SCNR.

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Yes, I too thought the problem would solve itself. It looks like the third party ownership in containers (they're a bizarre market in themselves) maybe broke things. As did port congestion. Low staffing because Covid compounds all problems. Maybe this is the trigger for more inter-modal automation at the ports?

As an atheist ecksmass is purely about food and friendship. As an industry "how it works" is goods get shipped. As a Christian religious ceremony it should be untouched or, as you and others say even enhanced.

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