# Empty Container Release

For every export booking, the driver must drive to the depot and pick up an empty container.  Once the container is picked up, the driver will then go to the shipper for loading, unless an empty import from a street turn is used. 

{% hint style="info" %}
A driver should not be dispatched to pick up an empty container unless the release is in place at the depot by the SS line.
{% endhint %}

Before the driver goes to the depot, the trucking company must email an Empty Container Release request to the SS line Equipment Control department. Without this, the SS line will NOT release an empty container to a truck driver.

To send an empty container release, **Open** the work order, and **Click** *Equipment Release*.

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**Review** the automatically generated email for accuracy, and **Click** *Send Email*.

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A reply email will be received from the SS line confirming equipment release. Only after receiving this email confirmation should the driver be cleared to drive to the depot for pickup of the empty container.

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