Singamas to sell-off factories
NewsSingamas has announced it has entered into a Framework Agreement with a potential purchaser for five of its wholly owned subsidiary companie...
More palletwide high cubes for P&O Ferrymasters
NewsP&O Ferrymasters has ordered 600 new 45ft palletwide high cube containers to add to its growing fleet as it further develops and expands its...
Zestia for US carriers
NewsDaikin has supplied its Zestia reefer machines to be fitted to new reefer containers for Florida-based Tropical Shipping, Seaboard Marine, a...
Bulk in boxes – 2 Mt in six months
NewsLast October, the containerised brown coal reception facility at Seve.en EC’s Chvaletice power plant in the Czech Republic passed the 2 M...
MCI exits dry box building sector
NewsMaersk Container Industry (MCI) has announced that it will close its dry container manufacturing facility in Dongguan, China. The factory em...
Tare weight data called into question
NewsThe new ContainerWeight database of tare weights for ISO containers, launched at Intermodal Europe in Rotterdam last month, raises some inte...
Wan Hai buys boxes & vessels
NewsWan Hai Lines has announced plans to purchase 16,100 new containers from Singamas, and 20 new vessels from Japan and China....
Latin push for Seaco
NewsSeaco Global, which is one of the world’s largest lessors of maritime containers, is convinced its focus on optimising its inventory, trai...
Deals in the box business?
NewsThere could be a flurry of M&A activity in the container manufacturing industry, with a number of rumours currently circulating involving so...
Chugoku urges container traders not to cut corners
NewsCoatings manufacturer Chugoku is heading to the Container Traders and Innovators Association meeting in Rotterdam to urge the industry not t...
Dry box output – building more for less
NewsDry box manufacturing is running at its highest level in a decade, but prices have not kept pace with rising costs, as the market still suff...
Busy time for reefer container builders
NewsThe reefer manufacturing outlook continues to be very upbeat, with demand holding steady throughout this year after its earlier recovery in ...
Tank builders set new records
NewsA record number of tank containers were manufactured last year, but will demand keep growing to soak up the oversupply?...
It’s ‘revive 45’ time across Europe
NewsThe underlying environment for 45ft swap bodies and containers in Europe has improved considerably in the past two years...
Specials for Den Hartogh
NewsDen Hartogh Dry Bulk Logistics has taken delivery of a second batch of 500 special containers built by CIMC for use in its European Bag in B...