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Originally Posted by trikkonceptz
The delays experienced at a yard are not a result of a slow process. Containers and Trailers are unloaded at an amazing speed at a yard. The delays are a result of the shipper, owing so much money to the rail yard that the shipment is locked down until funds are released. Also, containers are never lost in a yard. Their numbered grid system is precise and all containers are always accounted for. Now, by the same scenario crane operators will "crush" a container from a particular shipper to send a message, usually related to shipping charges. The damaged container then needs to be unloaded, and reloaded or its contents simply "vanish" due to the accident. Thus the phrase, lost in shipping ..
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What happens to the damaged shipping containers, particularly the insulated "reefer" or refrigerated ones? Sold for scrap, or what?