VTG for sale?
NewsGerman business newspaper Handelsblatt has reported that Morgan Stanley wants to sell its 57% stake in VTG AG and has appointed advisors...
Suttons to acquire VTG’s non-German ISO tank container business
NewsSuttons International and VTG Tanktainer GmbH, part of VTG AG, have signed an asset purchase agreement...
Royal Den Hartogh Logistics and MUTO
NewsDutch-based Royal Den Hartogh and the MUTO group of companies in Korea, Thailand and Malaysia have agreed to merge...
Tank industry remains upbeat
NewsTank container operators and leasing companies are still having a ‘good pandemic’, despite issues with container ship slot capacity....
Polymerising dilemmas
NewsThe International Tank Container Organisation (ITCO) said in September that it had received reports that at least two ocean carriers – Hap...
Nexxiot for Arkema
NewsNexxiot technology will be used by French speciality chemicals and materials manufacturer Arkema to digitise its fleet of tank containers an...
MOL sets up tank container venture
NewsTokyo-based shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has joined forces with Nippon Concept Corporation (NCC) and one of its operating units, MOL Log...
CIMC to float tank container business
NewsAt a meeting this month, the Board of China International Marine Containers (Group) Co Ltd (CIMC) approved a listing proposal for CIMC Safe ...
SNCF to sell Ermewa
NewsThe debt-laden French railways group is to sell its wagons and tank containers leasing arm for around €3.2B...
Tank container fleet still growing
NewsITCO’s latest survey of the worldwide fleet shows the growth trajectory is continuing...
Tank containers pressed into action
NewsIn response to the tragic shortage of oxygen supplies in India to treat COVID-19 sufferers, the country’s Home Ministry Office used four c...
Tank container monitoring order for SAVVY
NewsTank container operator Rinnen is now tracking and monitoring its tank containers remotely....
Tank tracks
NewsOrbcomm has announced that two tank container operators in Australia will use its technology to remotely track and monitor their assets...
New titanium tank container design
NewsUnder contract to a major chemical industry customer, Hoyer Group, together with an unnamed tank container builder and producer of titanium ...
Cautious optimism for tank containers
NewsDespite short-term uncertainty, the sector’s longer-term growth prospects are buoyed by green energy developments, resilience in food/beve...