Exploding reefers under the spotlight
NewsBuilding on the response to a session at the Container Owners Association (COA)’s Members meeting in Hamburg on 28 November, the COA and t...
CINS makes progress
NewsThe Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS) network will complete its pilot project in September, at which time carriers and ship operator...
COA adds box depot division
NewsThe Container Owners Association (COA) launched a Container Depot Division at its General Meeting in Shanghai this month....
COA announces box inspection course
NewsFollowing a successful trial at the ISS-Ancon Depot in Antwerp in March, the Container Owners Association (COA) has announced that the next ...
COA holds first box inspection course
NewsA total of 34 participants, including representatives from shipping lines, leasing companies, depots and inspection/surveying companies, att...
Dipping a toe in the water – again
News“Ask any container coatings manufacturer what his major preoccupation is at present and the reply will undoubtedly be the development of e...
Selective off-hires
NewsThe November 2010 issue of WorldCargo News (page 38) contains an editorial item suggesting that shipping lines may be more selective in thei...
…another solution
NewsTrans-Rak International (TRI), which specialises in custom container designs for automobile transport, has come up with an alternative solut...
EPT scores AAR flexitank first
NewsTexas-based Environmental Packaging Technologies (EPT) has become the first flexitank manufacturer to be awarded a passing score for safety ...
Reg Lee stepping down at ITCO
NewsReg Lee is to step down as president of the International Tank Container Organisation (ITCO) after a tenure of six years during which the as...
COA calls for single inspection standard
NewsThe Container Owners Association (COA) has released the results of a study, which shows that significant repair cost savings are available a...
COA flexitank code
NewsThe Container Owners Association (COA) has published a Code of Practice for the manufacture, testing and operation of flexitanks carried in ...
De Rijke flexitanks
NewsNetherlands-based De Rijke has become the latest bulk liquids service provider to add flexitanks to its service offering, using flexitanks s...
Code for flexitanks endorsed
NewsAt a meeting during the Intermodal 2008 exhibition in Hamburg last month, the Container Owners Association formally endorsed the COA Code of...
Eko-Flor ready for the off
NewsToronto-based Conforce International says it is ready “to push the button” with its revolutionary, patent pending Eko-Flor composite con...