Box tracking starts to move

Improvements to asset tracking technology are ushering in lower deployment costs, increased accessibility, and unique use cases. ORBCOMM, a pioneer in IoT technology with over 30 years of experience, is leading the charge with their cost-effective dry trailer and container solution.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services is the latest operator to announce a deal to fit tracking devices to its fleet of dry freight containers.

Indian company scores a major success, while a robust leasing and rental market is helping the wheels go round.

The past two-to-three years have seen a spate of corporate activity in the maritime container leasing industry with investment funds, and particularly those focused on transport infrastructure, eager to buy into the sector.

Hapag-Lloyd, which is leading the liner shipping industry when it comes to fitting smart devices to its dry freight containers, has announced that the majority of its fleet will be smart by the beginning of next year.

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board has sold an undisclosed number of shares in SeaCube Container Leasing to London-based Wren House Infrastructure Management Limited. The two companies will now operate under a so-called “co-control structure of the leasing company”