Trifleet bucks the trend

Chemical Express is increasing its fleet of specialist equipment with an order from CIMC Safeway Technologies for 130 stainless steel insulated tank containers of 35,000 litres capacity, including 30 multi-compartment units for LCL shipments.

The debt-laden French railways group is to sell its wagons and tank containers leasing arm for around €3.2B

Hapag-Lloyd and Kuehne + Nagel have agreed to a 17% CO2 reduction by 2020 compared to as they aim to develop long-term solutions for container transport

The tank container industry is looking forward to growth in 2018 in both mainstream and niche applications.

The growing use of flexitanks has undoubtedly eaten into the tank container market in recent years. John Bannister, VP, Reefers and Tank Containers, Seaco, acknowledged that flexitanks have cut into the tank container market, but added there are still concerns with “reliability, damage to boxes they are carried in, leakage, and proper, safe disposal of the bags after use”.

Revenue at the world’s biggest box builder jumps 54% in the first three quarters of this year as container production more than doubled.