Source: Cost of Operations and Time for Shipping a 40' Container; in APEC's Congestion Points Study, Phase III, Best Practices Manual and Technical Report, Volume 2 Sea Transport, Feb. 1997, p. 105.

Time and Cost of Transport Activities Involving Moving a 40 Foot Container between the American East Coast and Western Europe

Moving a standard 40 foot container involves a set of cost or time intensive shipment, transshipment and warehousing activities. The most time and cost intensive activity involves containership travel. Both the loading and unloading activities are relatively expensive.