Introduction: Shippers, carriers and the other participants in maritime business -- a clear need for better relationships / Rolf Neise -- Part One: The Maritime Container Logistics Chain (MCTC) -- 1. Global Container Trade -- The Past and the Future / Eyden Samunderu -- 2. The Maritime Container Transportation Chain (MCTC) / Rolf Neise -- 3. History and Usage of Containers in Logistics and Beyond / Hildegard Buschmann -- Part Two: The Effective Management of the MCTC -- 4. Empty Container Logistics -- A Prospective Local Approach in the Port Of Hamburg / Marco Hofmann and Lillian Schmidt -- 5. Port and Terminal Operations / Maik Ullrich and Michael Baumert -- 6. Multimodal Transport of Mining Equipment from Germany to Kazakhstan / Zhanat Abdugalimov, Anthony Beresford, and Stephen Pettit -- 7. Cooperation and Collaboration between Shipping Lines / Alan Robertson -- 8. Collaboration in the Container Shipping Industry -- New Technologies Enabling Collaboration between Shipping Lines and Terminals / Robert Inchausti -- Part Three -- The Integration of the MCTC into Global Supply Chain Management. 9. Global SCM and Resulting Shippers' Requirements / Rölf Neise -- 10. Advanced Benchmarking and Market Intelligence -- A Key Instrument in Optimising Container Logistics Procurement / Bjorn Klippel -- 11. Formation of a Shipper Council to Improve Data Quality and Share Best Practices / Gregory Kefer -- 12. IoT Solutions in Maritime Logistics: Transports of Perishable Dairy Goods / Stefan Viehmann and Hans-Thoralf Bieber -- 13. The Service-Dominant Perspective to Create Value in the Maritime Business / Qeis Kamran and Julian Scheu -- 14. Industry Trends and Opportunities / Rolf Neise.