End of a decade of change

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2009 marks the end of a very expansionist decade for the dry freight container manufacturing sector. It has also undergone significant strea...

Talke and Kerry link up in China

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Kerry Logistics has established a joint venture with Alfred Talke Logistics Services of Germany to provide a transport and distribution serv...

Still working up a sweat

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Producers of container desiccants are hard pressed to meet demand as further technical innovation and better global availability is continui...

Dry freight box builders on the rebound

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Although dry freight container manufacturers have experienced a more productive year in 2006, pricing remains volatile and demand uncertain....

TEC reaches special parts

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TEC Armech has opened a container parts manufacturing facility in China to support its Tectainer special equipment range and plans to open a...

European box builders fight their corner

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The European container manufacturing industry remains in retreat, as increased business migrates eastwards into China. However, it is still ...

Container decal industry holds fast

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Container decal producers have inevitably been hit by the recent downturn in box demand. Although the slump was not as great as was feared i...

Dry freight box builders face new slump

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The dry freight container manufacturing industry is bracing itself for tougher times. Output has fallen sharply in recent months and pricing...

Chinese to suspend box production?

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As this issue was going to press, reports were emerging from China that the country’s leading container manufacturers had agreed to suspen...

Overcapacity looms for box builders

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Global standard dry freight box building capacity - the vast majority of it located in China - is set to exceed 5.7 mill TEU/year by the end...

New boxes stacking up in China

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As this issue was going to press, it was estimated that upwards of 800,000 TEU of new container equipment was stacked up in Chinese containe...

Temperature tracking with Transitemp

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A new, low-cost single-use temperature recorder designed to monitor temperature fluctuations during transport or storage of goods has been l...

A cool star is born

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Following four years of research and development and two years of intensive field trials, Maersk Container Industri (MCI) has launched an im...

Keeping one’s powers of concentration

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A warning about the possible dangers arising from over concentration of supply in the field of both ISO container production and container c...

MCI adds reefer machine

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Reefer container builder Maersk Container Industri MCI) has joined the ranks of reefer machinery manufacturers with the launch of its new St...

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