COA tackles standards for container tracking
NewsThe Container Owners Association is establishing a work group to consider standards for container tracking and telematics...
Guidelines for NORs
NewsThe TT Club has sponsored the production of new guidelines by the Container Owners Association (COA) and the CINS (Cargo Incident Notificati...
Getting to grips with flexitanks
NewsNot everyone is convinced by them, but the use of flexitanks continues to grow....
Box owners claim Hanjin containers
NewsThe Container Owners Association has issued an “Industry Alert” to help identify the owners of containers previously on lease to Hanjin ...
New harmonised container inspection criteria
NewsThe Container Owners Association has announced the two container interchange inspection standards used by container operators and the contai...
Standards harmonised
NewsIn a move the Container Owners Association (COA) is hailing as a “significant breakthrough”, the two container interchange inspection st...
Bamboo on top
NewsThe Container Owners’ Association’s (COA) latest Report on Alternative Materials for Container Floorboards shows that bamboo is now the ...
Bamboo floor use growing
NewsThe Container Owners Association (COA)’s latest survey of Alternative Flooring Systems for Shipping Containers shows a rise in the use of ...
COA launches reefer services directory
NewsFollowing five separate incidents in 2011 of explosions relating to refrigerated container compressors, the Container Owners Association (CO...
Cargo incident cases quantified by CINS
NewsThe Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS), an initiative set up by a number of shipping lines and managed by the Container Owners Associ...
COA commissions flexitank standard
NewsThe Container Owners Association (COA) has commissioned the UK’s national standards body, the British Standards Institution (BSI), to deve...
Flexitank market proves to be recession-proof
NewsThe demand for flexitanks is being buoyed by emerging markets and the need to adopt the most cost-efficient methods for the transport of non...
Trans Ocean flexitank first
NewsBulk liquid logistics specialist Trans Ocean, part of the Hillebrand Group, has become the first company to fully comply with the Container ...
Big turnout at Singapore reefer forum
NewsOver 125 participants attended the Container Owners Association (COA)’s second forum on contaminated refrigeration systems in Singapore th...
Action plan for contaminated refrigerants
NewsAfter organising a successful forum to discuss the issue with refrigeration experts and affected parties last month (see WorldCargo News Dec...