Return the empty or street turn it
The move is not over until the empty is back. Per diem runs until then.
You need
- The ocean carrier's empty return instructions
- An appointment, if the terminal wants one
- For a street turn: an export booking with the same carrier
Steps
- Check where it goes todayReturn locations change. Look on the day you return, not the day you picked up.
- Book the returnMany terminals take empties only by appointment, and only some sizes and carriers each day.
- Pair it with a pickupDrop the empty and take a loaded box in the same visit. That is a dual transaction and it saves a trip.
- Or reuse the boxA street turn puts the import empty straight onto an export booking. Ask the ocean carrier to approve it first.
- Keep the gate-in interchangeIt stops the per diem clock.
Watch out
A street turn without the carrier's approval leaves the box on the wrong record.
Some carriers charge a fee for a street turn.