Bamboo poised to top hardwood
NewsBamboo/hybrid materials are set to take over from tropical hardwoods as the main construction components in container flooring....
CakeBoxx/Globe Tracker deal
NewsCakeBoxx containers will be preconfigured with Globe Tracker’s container tracking system...
Going up in the world?
NewsThe sky’s the limit for container terminals, especially in ports where land is at a premium....
Making gains, but at a price
NewsStrong demand is expected to increase dry freight box production by 15-20% in 2014, compared to the 2012-13 average, but new box prices rema...
Preliminary ruling on 53’ box subsidies
NewsThe US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced a preliminary finding that CIMC, Singamas and their related manufacturing companies have b...
Towards better boxes
NewsSmart, lightweight, green boxes are the future. At least that is what Shi Yan Qiu, secretary general of the China Container Industry Associa...
Singamas issues profit warning
NewsIn a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, The Board of Directors of Singamas Container Holdings, the world’s second biggest box build...
MCID to go 100% waterborne
NewsMaersk Container Industry (MCI) has announced that it will abandon the use of solvent-borne coatings at its dry freight container manufactur...
Singamas issues profit warning
NewsHong Kong-listed Singamas Container Holdings, the world’s second largest container manufacturer, has warned that it expects to record a si...
Tough going for dry freight box builders
NewsAfter experiencing a short-lived production surge in mid-2012, the world’s dry freight container manufacturing industry is again facing to...
Box fleet grew in 2011 but oversupply caught buyers out
NewsThe global container equipment fleet grew by 8.5% during 2011, taking it to 31.25M TEU, compared to a 7% growth in 2010....
CAI to buy managed container portfolio
NewsCAI International has reached conditional agreement with an Austrian KG fund to buy around 71,000 TEU of standard dry freight containers tha...
Staxxon folding box approved
NewsNew Jersey-based Staxxon LLC has received a Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) Certificate for its innovative folding ISO container design...
CasCon adds in Vietnam
NewsCAS Container Corporation (CasCon), which operates Vietnam’s only volume dry freight box building plant in the Hai Duong Shipbuilding Indu...
Dry freight box building ups and downs
NewsThe dry freight container manufacturing industry has enjoyed more than a year of strong demand and high pricing, but production has fallen s...
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