Difference between Container proprietor and Shipping Line
Difference between Maritime, Shipping, Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain
1 November، 2018
Difference between Container proprietor and Shipping Line
A Container proprietor is someone who have the container that they supply to the customers.
This container proprietor could be either a Shipping Line, or could be a Container Leasing Company (leaseco).
The Container Leasing Company usually have their own fleet of containers and they use it for their own shipping requirements globally.
However no single shipping line in the world can operate with only their own fleet of container and usually lease containers from leasecos from time to time depending on the demand.
Sometimes companies build containers for the purpose of “leasing” it to out to various shipping lines around the world.
A Shipping Line is a company that operates the ships that actually carry the containers (owned or leased) and cargo from load port to discharge port.
Some of the shipping lines have container services covering most ports of the world, and it is common that they might run into a situation where by they have shortage of containers at certain locations .
Difference between Container proprietor and Shipping Line
Or they might have requirement of certain types of containers (Flat Racks, Open Tops etc) at certain locations.
These leasecos provide equipment in demand locations on various lease terms (short term, long term, master lease etc).
There are also some smaller short sea/regional shipping lines that operate solely on leased equipment .
As they don’t want to go through the expense of owning of the equipment, maintenance and repair, relocation etc.
