Finnish container leasing specialist OVL Container has unveiled a new initiative, ‘OVL Partner’, which aims to transform the freight and shipping sector through a unique partnership scheme.
OVL Container claims the scheme could deliver cost savings of up to 25 per cent per freight , significantly increase profit margins for freight forwarders, and offer lower fees for end customers.
According to OVL Container’s Managing Director, Osmo Lahtinen, the scheme is designed to address key industry concerns: “Combating costs and optimising margins are at the centre of OVL Partner, because these issues are what freight forwarders are the most concerned about.
“They usually work with small margins in their daily trade, but as part of this partnership scheme the loyalty and volume-related benefits included, as well as the inherent mutual business understanding over time, mean that forwarders could triple their profit margins.”
The OVL Partner scheme leverages the company’s expertise in one-way container leasing, a model that differs from traditional container shipping by eliminating the need for trans-loading and reducing blank sailings. This approach, OVL Container asserts, can cut operational costs for ocean freight forwarders by around a quarter.
Lahtinen emphasised the broader industry significance of the scheme, stating: “One-way leasing is vastly different from conventional container shipping. We are among a few one-way leasing specialists who are challenging industry conventions and embodying industry ‘next practice’.
“A part of defining what is next is embracing new business models. Furthermore, we wanted to be the first to introduce this mutually beneficial partnership approach; it just makes sense. And it even allows for lower fees for the end-user. So, it is a win-win-win for everyone involved.”