Cost of Chennai box terminal up 20%
NewsIndia’s Chennai Port Trust (CPT) said the estimated cost of the port’s proposed third container terminal has risen 20% from US$635M to a...
It’s a bull market for the bear
NewsRussia’s leading port operators are gearing up for major growth in container handling capacity....
Ghent adds lo-lo containers to its portfolio
NewsFollowing a trend towards the development of petrochemical complexes nearer to the main source of supply rather than demand, the Port of Ghe...
GFC expands Oz container interests
NewsUS-based General Finance Corporation (GFC) and its indirect 86.2%-owned subsidiary RWA Holdings Pty Ltd (Royal Wolf) have reached an agreeme...
Container terminal for Gent
NewsInitial capacity for a new shortsea/feeder container terminal in Gent is put at 150,000 TEU/year...
SST makes an N-Trans into MLT
NewsN-Trans (National Transportation Group) - the new name for Severstaltrans Group (SST), has acquired a 50% stake in Multi-Link Terminals Ltd ...
Container lessors awash with cash…
News…but finding it increasingly difficult to spend. The ready availability of low cost funding for container acquisitions may not be doing th...
CG Capital branches out
NewsLondon-based intermodal leasing and finance specialist CG Capital Ltd and London Asset Finance Ltd, a well known UK transport asset finance ...
CGC taps new funds
NewsA new approach to container financing appears to be paying off for CG Capital Ltd, which was formed earlier this year by two former Transame...
DVB targets containers
NewsEvidence that the container shipping business remains an attractive proposition for the financial community comes with the news that DVB Ban...
Box funding on the increase
NewsThe continuing buoyancy of the global container shipping industry has kept demand for new box equipment strong and world container output lo...
Box lessors buy big again
NewsPrompted by a strong recovery in demand, which has pushed up utilisation levels, the global container leasing industry is once again investi...
Box financing opportunities remain
NewsPredictably, given the recent poor performance of the global transport sector, demand for container funding has fallen dramatically during t...
CIT changes ahead
NewsOne longstanding provider of financing/resources for container investment is US-based CIT Group, although this firm has adopted a relatively...
How low can it go?
NewsWith demand remaining at a low ebb, new container prices have tumbled to their lowest ever levels as manufacturers scramble to secure what b...