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Tank lessors welcome boom in demand

News1 Aug 2011

For tank container lessors the debacle that was 2009 is becoming a distant memory as the strong demand for new tanks enters its second year ...

News1 Apr 2009

Although hard-won improvements in lease and fleet utilisation rates are slipping away, the quick reaction by tank lessors to the downturn in...

News1 Apr 2008

While margins are still under pressure, a perennial problem faced by tank container leasing companies - poor fleet utilisation - has disappe...

News1 Dec 2007

Box lessor TAL International has re-entered the tank leasing market some seven years after its original tank division was sold to Exsif Worl...

News1 Apr 2007

Despite high newbuild prices and long lead times, the strong demand for tank containers is prompting lessors to book orders for new units in...

News1 Apr 2006

Sustained high fleet utilisation rates have encouraged tank container leasing companies to return to the newbuilding market....

News1 Apr 2005

Following the long, five-year depressed market for tanks, tank container lessors are now enjoying strong demand for their services on the ba...

News1 Nov 2003

Exsif Worldwide has established a new subsidiary, Exsif China, to be known locally as Haite, and has been granted a government licence to op...

News1 Apr 2003

In the face of continued overcapacity in the world tank container fleet, lessors are striving to get more out of their assets. Repositioning...

News1 Feb 2003

Roy Jones, Fred Bras and Richard Goldstein, the directors of UK-based tank lessor Taylor Minster Leasing (TML), have concluded the purchase ...

News1 Jun 2002

Container lessor and port operator Cosco Pacific is another to have increased its planned level of new container aquisitions this year. The ...

News1 May 2002

Tank container lessor EXSIF Worldwide has strengthened its service to customers on a regional basis by reinforcing its management team in th...

News15 Apr 2002

The oversupply of tank containers that has characterised the market for the best part of five years shows no sign of diminishing. Tank lesso...

News15 Apr 2002

The tank container fleet of the Dordrecht, Netherlands-based tank lessor Trifleet has passed the 6,000 unit mark, following the handover of ...

News15 Mar 2002

The tank container industry is at a crossroads. A new study from South Africa says decisive action will have to be taken if the industry is ...