New logistics park for Dammam
NewsMawani (Saudi Ports Authority) and Saudi Global Ports (SGP), which is a joint venture between the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), Singap...
Global equipment pool to decline this year
NewsThe global pool of dry freight containers is expected to fall in 2023 as ocean carriers and lessors dispose of surplus units that have built...
Hapag-Lloyd’s smart container programme is on schedule
NewsHapag-Lloyd, which is leading the liner shipping industry when it comes to fitting smart devices to its dry freight containers, is pressing ...
Specials provide some hope for container builders
NewsAfter the surge in output in 2021, the past 18 months have proved very challenging for manufacturers of containers, and particularly of stan...
Symcon delivers boxes to first overseas customer
NewsSymcon Industries Private Ltd, which started manufacturing ISO maritime containers in Ahmedabad, western India, just over 12 months ago, has...
Container builders feeling bruised
NewsThis year looks as if it will be the quietest year for container production since 2009, with the output of dry freight standard, dry freight...
China’s box builders’ challenges mount
NewsFalling demand and competitive start-ups from overseas are just some of the challenges that China’s box builders need to confront....
Lessors’ reefer buying takes a dip
NewsAfter several years of strong expansion, the reefer leasing industry grew more modestly in 2017, and new investment fell to its lowest level...
Enter Best Gold Corp
NewsA new container leasing company called Best Gold Container Corporation Ltd (BG) has been formed in Hong Kong by industry veterans Jason Chan...
CIMC reports spike in box building
NewsRevenue at the world’s biggest box builder jumps 54% in the first three quarters of this year as container production more than doubled....
Maersk Container Industry appoints new CEO
NewsSean S. Fitzgerald will take over as Chief Executive Officer of MCI on 1 January 2018....
Reefer box builders regain momentum
NewsThe current outlook for reefer manufacturing is increasingly upbeat, after more than a year of uncertainty and weak demand....
Another testing year for dry box builders
NewsDry freight container manufacturers have faced a difficult 2017, with the challenge of switching to waterborne paints coinciding with a shar...
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....
Buss deal
NewsTextainer’s managed fleet of reefer and dry containers has grown by 182,000 TEU, following the acquisition of the Magellan Mar...