Target 17% reduction in CO2E by 2020
NewsHapag-Lloyd and Kuehne + Nagel have agreed to a 17% CO2 reduction by 2020 compared to as they aim to develop long-term solutions for contain...
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....
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....
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...
Bertschi fleet grows to 30,000
NewsBertschi has added the 30,000th container unit to its fleet, as part of a new batch of ISO tank containers built for it in China...
Buss deal
NewsTextainer’s managed fleet of reefer and dry containers has grown by 182,000 TEU, following the acquisition of the Magellan Mar...
53’ CakeBoxx on cleared for American rail
NewsThe Association of American Railroads has granted conditional approval for a 53’ “CakeBoxx” container on American rail networks....
BASF revolutionises internal plant logistics
NewsA new integrated storage and logistics concept will help BASF significantly reduce logistics costs at its Ludwigshafen site, where transport...
Canadian Tire launches 60ft box
NewsCanadian retailer and CP Rail will use a new 60ft container design in domestic double stack intermodal services....
Russian tank container boom?
NewsRussia’s United Wagon Company (UWC) has established Unicon 1520, a new rail freight company to provide tank container and general containe...
Wake up and smell the coffee
NewsHapag-Lloyd is inviting coffee experts to attend a panel discussion on the theme of “Prospects and Innovations in the International Coffee...
Putting 34 into 45
NewsECS Containers will present a new 45ft pallet wide container designed to load 34 euro pallets at the Intermodal Exhibition in Rotterdam next...
Dry box output in the doldrums
NewsDry freight container builders are facing further difficulties this year, with production having declined to a seven-year low and finished p...