Putting the gloss on the box
NewsContainer manufacturers have transitioned to waterborne coatings, but a winter test is still to come for the coating supply chain....
Folding boxes stack up
NewsHolland Container Innovations (HCI) is making progress with its 4FOLD folding container. With the 4FOLD design, four folded containers can b...
Tank lessors see slowing growth as temporary
NewsThe tank leasing sector enjoyed an outstanding year in 2011. While the eurozone crisis and its possible impact are now creating uncertaintie...
Waterborne coatings start to flow
NewsThe past 12 months have seen considerable progress in efforts to introduce environment-friendly waterborne coatings into the container manuf...
Tank builders back on the expansion trail
NewsAfter suffering a drastic drop in orders in 2009, tank manufacturers recovered last year to an extent that exceeded expectations. The major ...
Box builders face new reality
NewsOn the face of it, business is virtually back to normal for the box building industry. Container demand is at a high level and manufacturers...
Container lessors bridging the gap
NewsBox demand has picked up strongly this year. With shipping lines severely cash-strapped, leasing companies are rushing to fill the gap....
Box builders take a break
NewsThe production of standard dry freight boxes has come to a virtual halt in China as the global economic slowdown has seen orders dry up in t...
Enter Lotus Containers
NewsA new container leasing company, Lotus Containers Ltd, has been set up by Willem Dous, former marketing director of Capital Lease....
China dominates tank container output
NewsWithin a few years China will have the capacity to supply twice the likely world demand for tank containers....
45ft SeaCell2 launched
NewsUK-based Container Group Technology (CGT) has unveiled a 45ft version of the SeaCell2 cellcompatible, palletwide container and licensed a se...
High utilisation rates buoy tank lessors
NewsWhile margins are still under pressure, a perennial problem faced by tank container leasing companies - poor fleet utilisation - has disappe...
CXIC adds tanks
NewsChina will get its fifth volume tank container manufacturer at the end of this year when the CXIC Group launches production at a new plant i...
Floors – the container’s Achilles Heel
NewsA workshop session at last monthβs Intermodal 2006 conference and exhibition in Hamburg underlined the pressing need to find alternatives ...
Box builders under the cosh
NewsDry freight container production dropped by over 20 per cent last year and with even more capacity coming on stream, builders could have an ...