diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/services/train-scheduling.service.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/services/train-scheduling.service.spec.ts
index 10ebaf6ee..43a169058 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/services/train-scheduling.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/services/train-scheduling.service.spec.ts
@@ -1132,6 +1132,36 @@ describe('TrainSchedulingService', () => {
       expect(html).toContain('2 (1 empty)');
     });
 
+    it('lists loaded empty containers by number and states they are empty', () => {
+      const schedule = {
+        id: 'schedule-1',
+        trainNumber: '8301',
+        direction: 'EXPORT',
+        trainSet: {
+          wagons: [makeWagon(1, 'W-001', []), makeWagon(2, 'W-002', []), makeWagon(3, 'W-003', [])],
+        },
+        scheduleBookings: [],
+      };
+
+      const html = (service as never as {
+        buildExportLoadListHtml: (s: unknown, o?: unknown) => string;
+      }).buildExportLoadListHtml(schedule, {
+        emptyContainers: [
+          { containerNumber: 'CMU9876543', containerSize: '40', wagonSequenceNo: 1 },
+          { containerNumber: 'TEMU1112223', containerSize: '20', wagonSequenceNo: 2 },
+          { containerNumber: 'TEMU4445556', containerSize: '20', wagonSequenceNo: 2 },
+        ],
+      });
+
+      expect(html).toContain('CMU9876543');
+      expect(html).toContain('TEMU1112223, TEMU4445556');
+      expect(html.match(/EMPTY CONTAINER/g)).toHaveLength(2);
+      // Wagon 3 carries nothing at all, so it keeps the bare-wagon wording.
+      expect(html.match(/EMPTY — no cargo allocated/g)).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(html).toContain('3 (1 empty)');
+      expect(html).toContain('<span>Empty containers</span><strong>3</strong>');
+    });
+
     it('renders wagons in consist order regardless of the order the relation returns', () => {
       const schedule = {
         id: 'schedule-1',
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/services/train-scheduling.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/services/train-scheduling.service.ts
index 12fb3dec6..780d65305 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/services/train-scheduling.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/services/train-scheduling.service.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ import {
   ImportDjiboutiOperation,
   type ImportDjiboutiDocumentType,
 } from '../entities/import-djibouti-operation.entity';
+import { EmptyContainerReturn } from '../../import-operations/entities/empty-container-return.entity';
 import {
   ImportDjiboutiActionDto,
   UploadImportDjiboutiDocumentDto,
@@ -3106,6 +3107,7 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
     }
 
     const html = this.buildExportLoadListHtml(schedule, {
+      emptyContainers: await this.loadedEmptyContainers(scheduleId),
       logoImageUrl: await this.logoSettings.getLogoImageUrl(),
     });
     // Styled table-aware fallback (marshalling grid) — see importLoadListDocument.
@@ -3179,6 +3181,7 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
       positionLabel,
       wagons,
       unassignedBookings,
+      emptyContainers: await this.loadedEmptyContainers(scheduleId),
       logoImageUrl: await this.logoSettings.getLogoImageUrl(),
     });
     // Styled table-aware fallback (marshalling grid) — see importLoadListDocument.
@@ -3216,6 +3219,18 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
     return null;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Empty containers riding this departure back to Djibouti. They carry no
+   * booking and no wagon allocation, so the marshalling document would show
+   * their wagons as bare — staff checking the paper against the train would
+   * find boxes that the list denies are there.
+   */
+  private loadedEmptyContainers(scheduleId: string): Promise<EmptyContainerReturn[]> {
+    return this.dataSource
+      .getRepository(EmptyContainerReturn)
+      .find({ where: { trainScheduleId: scheduleId } });
+  }
+
   private buildExportLoadListHtml(
     schedule: TrainSchedule,
     opts?: {
@@ -3223,6 +3238,7 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
       positionLabel?: string;
       wagons?: TrainSetWagon[];
       unassignedBookings?: Booking[];
+      emptyContainers?: EmptyContainerReturn[];
       logoImageUrl?: string | null;
     },
   ): string {
@@ -3241,6 +3257,16 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
     const wagons = [...(opts?.wagons ?? schedule.trainSet?.wagons ?? [])].sort(
       (a, b) => Number(a.sequenceNo ?? 0) - Number(b.sequenceNo ?? 0),
     );
+    // Empties sit on wagons that carry no booking allocation, keyed by the wagon
+    // slot recorded when they were loaded.
+    const emptiesByWagon = new Map<number, EmptyContainerReturn[]>();
+    for (const empty of opts?.emptyContainers ?? []) {
+      if (empty.wagonSequenceNo == null) continue;
+      emptiesByWagon.set(empty.wagonSequenceNo, [
+        ...(emptiesByWagon.get(empty.wagonSequenceNo) ?? []),
+        empty,
+      ]);
+    }
     const rows = wagons
       .flatMap((wagon) => {
         // Wagon identity is the same on every row the wagon produces, loaded or not.
@@ -3255,6 +3281,21 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
         // check this document against the physical train — a wagon with no row
         // reads as a wagon that is not there, and the count stops matching.
         if (allocations.length === 0) {
+          const empties = emptiesByWagon.get(Number(wagon.sequenceNo)) ?? [];
+          // Empty boxes returning to Djibouti: numbers listed like any other
+          // container, state spelled out so nobody reads them as laden.
+          if (empties.length) {
+            return [
+              `<tr>
+            ${wagonCells}
+            <td>EMPTY CONTAINER</td>
+            <td>-</td>
+            <td>${esc(empties.map((empty) => empty.containerNumber).filter(Boolean).join(', '))}</td>
+            <td>-</td>
+            <td>-</td>
+          </tr>`,
+            ];
+          }
           return [
             `<tr class="empty">
             ${wagonCells}
@@ -3305,14 +3346,19 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
           })
           .join('')
       : '';
-    const emptyWagons = wagons.filter((wagon) => (wagon.allocations ?? []).length === 0).length;
+    const emptyWagons = wagons.filter(
+      (wagon) =>
+        (wagon.allocations ?? []).length === 0 &&
+        !emptiesByWagon.get(Number(wagon.sequenceNo))?.length,
+    ).length;
     const totalWeight = wagons.reduce(
       (sum, wagon) =>
         sum + (wagon.allocations ?? []).reduce((wagonSum, allocation) => wagonSum + Number(allocation.allocatedWeightTons || 0), 0),
       0,
     );
 
-    // Container count summary (40ft, 20ft)
+    // Container count summary (40ft, 20ft) — empties returning to Djibouti are
+    // physically on the train, so they count, and are called out on their own tile.
     let count40ft = 0, count20ft = 0;
     wagons.forEach((wagon) => {
       (wagon.allocations ?? []).forEach((allocation) => {
@@ -3323,6 +3369,11 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
         });
       });
     });
+    const emptyContainers = [...emptiesByWagon.values()].flat();
+    for (const empty of emptyContainers) {
+      if (empty.containerSize?.includes('20')) count20ft++;
+      else count40ft++;
+    }
 
     return `<!doctype html>
 <html>
@@ -3378,6 +3429,7 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
     <div class="tile"><span>Containers 40ft</span><strong>${esc(count40ft)}</strong></div>
     <div class="tile"><span>Containers 20ft</span><strong>${esc(count20ft)}</strong></div>
     <div class="tile"><span>Total containers</span><strong>${esc(count40ft + count20ft)}</strong></div>
+    ${emptyContainers.length ? `<div class="tile"><span>Empty containers</span><strong>${esc(emptyContainers.length)}</strong></div>` : ''}
     <div class="tile"><span>Prepared person</span><strong>${esc(schedule.preparedByUserId)}</strong></div>
     <div class="tile"><span>Check person</span><strong>${esc(schedule.checkedByUserId)}</strong></div>
     <div class="tile"><span>Wagons</span><strong>${esc(wagons.length)}${emptyWagons ? ` (${emptyWagons} empty)` : ''}</strong></div>