Saline tank from Innofreight

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Austria-based Innofreight Solutions has supplied the world’s first intermodal rail tank containers for transporting saline water...

Box building blues for China

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China’s container manufacturing industry is struggling and the outbreak of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus is likely to heap more pressure ...

Innovation in bulk handling

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Containerised bulk handling (CBH) spans a wide range of applications. They range from small shipments of grains, seeds and speciality agricu...

Getting to grips with container weights

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With bulk cargo, maximum weights and even the capacity of the container itself are typically reached before a container is full. For both hi...

Mixed opinions on use of flexitanks

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The use of flexitanks has always courted controversy. Despite improvements in their design and application, this continues. Currently, the s...

Flexible tanks make gains

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The use of containers to move both hazardous and non-hazardous liquids, powders and gases is increasing, with specialised tank containers an...

Container production expected to decline

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The China Container Industry Association (CCIA) expects manufacturers in the country to produce fewer containers this year than in 2018, and...

Dry box building back in the doldrums

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After achieving a record output of more than 4M TEU in 2018, the world’s dry freight box building industry has suffered another drop in de...

Container industry sounds warning

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Container throughput at US ports might not be showing a significant decline just yet, but there are signs from the container industry that t...

Stamp on box flooring

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The International Institute of Container Lessors (IICL) has announced that major flooring manufacturers have agreed with its request to star...

Debut for first 49ft swap body

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Germany-based Wecon has designed and manufactured the first 14.9m (49ft) long curtainsider swap body in the market. The launch customer is E...

Singamas goes special

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Singamas produced 835,920 TEU equivalent units in 2018, up 13% on the 738,286 TEU produced in 2017, and the highest annual output in a decad...

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