MCI in composite flooring venture
NewsFollowing five years of research and development, Maersk Container Industry (MCI) is planning to launch volume production of wood-plastic co...
New box flooring report…
NewsThe New Materials Committee of the Container Owners Association (COA) has published an updated report on Alternative Materials for Container...
Eko-Flor production underway
NewsToronto-based Conforce International has commenced commercial production of its Eko-Flor xts composite trailer flooring system at its new ma...
Maersk adopts green container floor policy
NewsAs part of its environmental responsibility programme, Maersk Line has announced that it will no longer buy containers fitted with floors ma...
IICL expands box flooring initiatives
NewsIn its continuing efforts to address the worldwide issue of container flooring serviceability and sustainability, the Institute of Internati...
Eekel joins Conforce Board
NewsPieter Eekel, former senior technical manager for Maersk Line, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Toronto-based Conforce Intern...
Eko-Flor on the move
NewsCMA CGM looks set to become the first volume customer for Toronto-based Conforce International’s Eko-Flor cs-4 composite container floorin...
Conforce/ Bayer deal extended
NewsToronto-based Conforce International Inc, the developer of the Eko-Flor cs-4 composite container floor, has extended its strategic partnersh...
IICL to extend flooring project
NewsBased on encouraging results from the first year of field trials, the Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL) has decided to ext...
New container floor has green credentials
NewsA major Canadian forest products manufacturer, a development organisation of the Alberta government and a leading Chinese plywood producer h...
New composite container floor
NewsMaersk Container Industri (MCI) and Swedish forest products group VIDA have developed a new composite flooring material aimed at replacing h...
Ekodek passes the test
NewsThe new Ekodek container floor, manufactured from senile Indonesian coconut palm trees (see WorldCargo News January 2009, p1), has successfu...
Conforce teams up with Bayer
NewsToronto-based Conforce International, the manufacturer of the innovative Eko-Flor composite container floor, and Bayer MaterialScience, one ...
Breakthrough for Eko-Flor
NewsToronto-based Conforce International has received the first order for its innovative composite Eko-Flor product from US-based specialised co...
New green box floor
NewsA new, environmentally-friendly container floor will be launched onto the market later this year by UK/Indonesian joint venture, Ecogreen Fl...