Gone are the days when being an non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC) or shipper owned container (SOC) box operator you could buy containers in any region, as per the need of any particular project of specific move, from one port to another, without facing any obstacle in getting space from vessel operators, port congestions and other loading issues, like vessel delay, port skip and roll over problems; but today it is not a piece of cake for non-vessel Operators (NVOs), to even find out the availability of containers, competitive price and get the space smoothly, in various regions including China/Europe and South East Asia.
