Empty container management is an integral part of the global transport system. Once a full container has been unloaded from the vessel within the import cycle, in dependence on the party with whom the customer had contracted the “door” on-carriage, by whom the inland transport to the container unstuffing point will be performed. In the case where multi-modal transport of goods has been agreed upon by the customer and the vessel operator (so called “Carrier Haulage”), the operator is obliged to carry out the inland transport to the point of final destination. Where the carriage has been agreed “to the port /container terminal”, the customer and/or the consignee has the option to choose the inland transport operator for the inland transport to be performed from the port to the final destination (so called Merchant Haulage). In either case, the point for empty containers to be returned to must be defined by the operator or their logistic service beforehand.