Container Management Cost Research

This paper is produced against severe competition on container liner transport inrecent years. It is the commanding position of business costs, especially containermanagement cost, that lead to this kind of shipment background.Started with all aspects of container management operation, the paper systematicallyanalyzes influential factors and reasons of costs. Meanwhile, considering linercompany's present situation which characterized with insufficiency in containermanagement, it emphatically probes into key aspects as rationalizing container lines'equipment and spare parts storage, and supervising container lease business.At last, effective ways to control container management costs come into forms. Andwith scientific methods, an evaluation index is provided to guide line containermanagement both quality and costs.