Customers call a specials tune

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Global demand for standard tank containers is at its lowest ever ebb. Virtually all the former volume production in Europe has now been swit...

Leading lessors hold their own

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GE SeaCo, continues to control the largest reefer fleet on operating lease by a sizeable margin. However, its count of 100,000 TEU has remai...

New push for cryogenic reefers

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Market acceptance of cryogenically-refrigerated containers for the deepsea shipment of frozen cargo could be boosted by a new agreement betw...

IAS launches hub service

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International Asset Systems (IAS), operator of the InterBox online container exchange, has expanded its business scope to include a new suit...

InterBox upgrade

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San Francisco-based International Asset Systems (IAS) has announced the release of the latest version of InterBox, its Internet-based contai...

SynchroNet sets up client service arm

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Rapid growth in the development of its Internet-based global container exchange system has prompted SynchroNet Marine Inc to set up a new Cl...

Box sales on the net

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US container trading and design company Sea Box has announced the launch of ISOContainers.com, an Internet marketplace for buying intermodal...

CP eyes Concor/SCI

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Canadian Pacific (CP) has told the Indian government it is interested in picking up equity stakes in rail container operator Container Corpo...

Bulk on the level

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Plans have been announced to create a new Internet-based online exchange aimed at revolutionising the traditional marketplace where ship own...

CIMC in funds deal

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China International Marine Containers (CIMC) has obtained US$80 mill in funds from ABN Amro Bank by selling part of its more than US$200 mil...