CLUK bulking up

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.

ConFoot Ltd has developed a version of its container legs with integrated scales for weighing containers.

ContainerWeight claims to have mapped the tare weights of 99% of the global fleet of shipping containers.

Adding the container fleet of Hyundai Merchant Marine, the BoxTech database now exceeds 11M containers.

Den Hartogh Dry Bulk Logistics has taken delivery of a second batch of 500 special containers built by CIMC for use in its European Bag in Box business

After making a loss in four consecutive quarters, Textainer returned to profitability in Q3 2017, with a profit of US$18.4M. The turnaround was driven by much better market conditions, and Textainer recovering from the impact of the Hanjin Shipping bankruptcy.