A sharp fall in orders for new containers has taken its toll on container manufacturers with H1 2023 revenues and profits at China International Marine Containers (CIMC), Dong Fang International Containers (DFIC) and Singamas well down on the corresponding period of 2022.

Container manufacturers have transitioned to waterborne coatings, but a winter test is still to come for the coating supply chain.

Global reefer production fell sharply last year, and has yet to show any real signs of picking up Again.

Intermodal transport is entering a golden era in China, according to Tianhua Huang, president assistant of China International Marine Containers (Group) Ltd and an executive board member of the China Container Industry Association.

Following on from news that DP World’s Antwerp Gateway facility is expanding (see page 1), CTO Jef Lambregts explained that the terminal splits its yard volume roughly 50:50 between the ASCs and traditional straddle carrier yard, and this “combination gives us optimum flexibility” for what is, like Rotterdam World Gateway, a common-user facility. DP World is the biggest shareholder in Antwerp Gateway with (following ZIM’s departure from the consortium last year) a 60% stake. Cosco Pacific owns 2

The development of new ports and railways in East Africa could be about to shake up the region’s long-established status quo.

A sharp fall in orders for new containers has taken its toll on container manufacturers with H1 2023 revenues and profits at China International Marine Containers (CIMC), Dong Fang International Containers (DFIC) and Singamas well down on the corresponding period of 2022.

Container manufacturers have transitioned to waterborne coatings, but a winter test is still to come for the coating supply chain.

Global reefer production fell sharply last year, and has yet to show any real signs of picking up Again.

Intermodal transport is entering a golden era in China, according to Tianhua Huang, president assistant of China International Marine Containers (Group) Ltd and an executive board member of the China Container Industry Association.

Following on from news that DP World’s Antwerp Gateway facility is expanding (see page 1), CTO Jef Lambregts explained that the terminal splits its yard volume roughly 50:50 between the ASCs and traditional straddle carrier yard, and this “combination gives us optimum flexibility” for what is, like Rotterdam World Gateway, a common-user facility. DP World is the biggest shareholder in Antwerp Gateway with (following ZIM’s departure from the consortium last year) a 60% stake. Cosco Pacific owns 2

The development of new ports and railways in East Africa could be about to shake up the region’s long-established status quo.