1. Container transport capacity management system -The allocation of containers to hinterland transport equipment could be improved if some form of collective planning or communication would be introduced. Now company level planning creates inefficiencies -Considerations of central (Portbase) and decentral (PAT) planning systems

2. Container capacity management system Optimized costs and movements Shorter delivery times Container carriers Planning systems providers Carriers Collaborative planning tools Computer Supported Collaboration Planning systems or carriers Dynamic planning Artificial Intelligence Agent-based technology RFID technology Sensor networks Sensors suppliers Customers Universities (e.g., TUDelft/Utwente/Uni Bremen) & Research Institutes (e.g., TNO/CRC637)

3. Container capacity management system ObstacleMitigation by SOAS principle(s)