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 ...
New technologies help fuel growth
NewsThere is no doubt that advances in technology, particularly in the development of controlled atmosphere (CA) systems has contributed to the ...
Carrier to deliver 5,000 new reefers for MSC
NewsThrough Seacube Containers, MSC is leasing 5,000 new reefers with Carrier Transicold’s PrimeLINE machinery and its XtendFRESH controlled a...
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...
Seaco tests NaturaLINE
NewsLate last year, Carrier Transicold announced that Seaco had placed an order for 100 NaturaLINE CO2 reefer units, making it the first leasing...
Coolboxx transformed into rental company
NewsCoolboxx, which was formed in 2004 to provide shippers of temperature-controlled products with a range of intermodal alternatives to road tr...
More PrimeLINEs for Crowley
NewsCrowley Maritime Corporation has taken delivery of a further 300 40ft high cube and 55 20ft refrigerated containers fitted with Carrier Tran...
Reefer container lessors await a further thaw
NewsReefer container lessors faced a tough market in 2009, but it was not all doom and gloom as they accounted for more than half of all reefers...
Reefer lessors face up to the credit crunch
NewsReefer container lessors face increasingly tough times, with many more competitors active today than two years ago. But despite the worsenin...
New players enter reefer leasing fray
NewsReefer container demand held up strongly during 2007, prompting several high-profile lessors to dip their toes in the market for the first t...
Upsurge in reefer output
NewsThe latest reefer production figures from Chinese manufacturing sources confirm yet another strong output in 2006, with some deliveries bein...
Reefer leasing on the rebound
NewsThe integral reefer leasing market has revived strongly in recent months and the outlook is upbeat for 2007. Per diem rates remain depressed...
Reefer output still rising
NewsThe global reefer manufacturing industry is on target to achieve another record output in 2005, although finished prices are once again slip...
Reefer lessors lose ground
NewsDespite the continued strength of the global reefer transport market, reefer leasing companies experienced a relatively quiet year in 2005....
New lessors join the fray
NewsLittle over a year after announcing that it planned to invest US$500 mill over the next five years to expand its reefer leasing activities, ...