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Box wrecking on the up because of misuse

In-Depth01 Feb 2020
Recent years have seen an increase in importers/exporters using 20ft and 40ft dry freight containers to load cargoes previously not thought suited to a container. These include a variety of mineral ores, scrap, coal, fish meal and even high and heavy project modules.

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