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News1 Feb 2017

The Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL), as part of its continued rollout of the IICL 6 Inspection Criteria and Processes, h...

News4 Jul 2016

The Container Owners Association has announced the two container interchange inspection standards used by container operators and the contai...

News1 Jan 2014

Celine Wei, president of Florens Container Services USA, has been elected to the position of chairman of the Institute of International Cont...

News1 Nov 2013

All container owners who are Full Members of the Container Owners Association (COA) can now benefit from the Container Floor Quality Assuran...

News1 Jul 2013

In response to customer requests, TRAC Intermodal has introduced the TRAC Titan, a premium 40ft gooseneck chassis that is available for dail...

News1 May 2012

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO)’s 2012 edition of the International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) 1972 is available f...

News5 Apr 2012

Steven Blust, President of the Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL) has announced that Brian Sondey, Chairman, Chief Executiv...

News1 Apr 2012

Steven Blust, President of the Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL) has announced that Brian Sondey, Chairman, Chief Executiv...

News1 Nov 2011

In the United States, shipping companies have historically taken responsibility for supplying chassis for moving containers back and forth b...

News1 Nov 2011

The Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL), the leading trade association for the container and chassis leasing industries, is ...

News1 Jan 2011

Reefer demand recovered strongly in 2010 and with shipping lines short of investment funds, the leasing sector reaped the benefit....

News1 Nov 2010

Early in 2009, with the worldwide recession at its deepest point, the question WorldCargo News asked about container depots was whether the ...

News1 Oct 2010

The Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL) has issued a revision to its Repair Manual for Steel Freight Containers (Fifth Editi...

News1 Feb 2010

The Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL) has announced that Joseph Kwok, CEO of Seacastle Inc, has been elected Chairman of t...

News1 Sep 2009

The Container Owners Association (COA) has released the results of a study, which shows that significant repair cost savings are available a...