Return delivery / Reused containers · for transport companies

After the import,
drive back full.

Your truck delivers an import container — and usually takes the empty back to the port for nothing. Put that empty on the Return loads board: an exporter nearby loads it, and the trip back pays.

✓ Free for transport companies. No commission.

One truck, two jobs

Today
  1. Port
  2. Import delivered
  3. Empty back to the depot
  4. Port

The way back earns nothing — and an exporter nearby has another truck bring an empty from the port.

With Return loads
  1. Port
  2. Import delivered
  3. Export loaded nearby
  4. Port — full

The same container goes back loaded. Fewer empty kilometres, one extra job on the same trip.

How it works

  1. Deliver the importThe container is unloaded at your customer's site.
  2. Put the empty on the boardWhere it stands, line and type, the days and the ports it can go to. Your price — or open to offers.
  3. An exporter books itYou see the loading site, the time and the road distance from your empty before you say yes.
  4. Accept, counter or declineWithin 24 hours. Accepted = an export order on the platform, with every detail on it.

You stay in control

Your priceSet an all-in price, or let exporters make an offer and counter it.
Your distanceSay how far you'll drive from the empty to a loading site.
Your days and portsOnly bookings that fit the days and ports you set.
Your decisionNothing is agreed until you accept. A request you don't answer simply lapses.
Too busy to fill in forms?

Tell TruckerAI in one line — or drop your delivery list — and it fills in the offer for you. You check and confirm.

“2× MSC 40HC empty in Genk, free until Wednesday, Antwerp or Rotterdam, €420 each”

Ports on the board

Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Poland, Italy, Spain and Portugal.

BelgiumAntwerp · Zeebrugge · Ghent
NetherlandsRotterdam · Amsterdam · Moerdijk · Vlissingen
GermanyHamburg · Bremerhaven · Wilhelmshaven
FranceLe Havre · Dunkirk · Fos
PolandGdansk · Gdynia · Szczecin
ItalyGenoa · La Spezia · Livorno · Venice · Trieste · Gioia Tauro
SpainValencia · Algeciras · Barcelona · Bilbao
PortugalSines · Lisbon · Leixoes
SloveniaKoper
CroatiaRijeka
Exporting? Book an empty that already stands near your loading site — no separate empty pick-up at the port.
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Questions

Does the shipping line have to agree?

Yes. Re-using a container needs the shipping line's approval (often via Avantida or by e-mail). You and the exporter agree who arranges it.

What does it cost?

Return loads is free for transport companies. We take no commission on the freight — the exporter pays you directly.

What if nobody books my empty?

Nothing changes: you return it to the depot as you would anyway. Your offer simply ends when its days are over.

Do I have to accept every request?

No. You accept, counter with your own price, or decline. A request you don't answer within 24 hours lapses at no cost.

Your next empty can pay for its way back.

Sign up in two minutes and put it on the board.

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