The newly-constituted Canadian Pacific Kansas City railroad has added 1,000 new, 53-foot, refrigerated intermodal containers to its network, more than doubling CPKC’s existing fleet

CIMC has applied for a patent on a new design of 53ft refrigerated container that can be more easily assembled in North America after being shipped in pieces.

EL COQUí, the first of two LNGpowered con-ros for Crowley Maritime’s Jones Act Florida (Jaxport)-Puerto Rico (San Juan) trades, has been launched by Halter Marine. The vessel should enter service in H2 2017, followed by sister ship TAíNO in H1 2018, both replacing triple-deck ro-ro barges and tugs.

There have been two important developments in 53ft container manufacturing. First, CIMC has won an intellectual property dispute with Singamas-owned Qingdao Pacific Container Co Ltd (QPCL) in the China Supreme Court for a patent infringement relating to its “APC Shipping platform technology” for transporting 53ft US domestic containers on standard cellular container vessels.

After lengthy legal action, Hong Kongbased box lessor Lotus Containers has recovered outstanding rental fees on 230 20ft dry freight containers, as well as the full value of 120 20ft units, which were stolen by a Chinese shipping company after being supplied under a long term lease agreement.

Hong Kong-based Lotus Containers has been on the wrong end of a scam in China that resulted in what appeared to be a bona fide customer effectively stealing 120 20ft dry freight containers supplied under a long term lease agreement. The company is warning other container lessors to be on the lookout for similar scams.

The newly-constituted Canadian Pacific Kansas City railroad has added 1,000 new, 53-foot, refrigerated intermodal containers to its network, more than doubling CPKC’s existing fleet

CIMC has applied for a patent on a new design of 53ft refrigerated container that can be more easily assembled in North America after being shipped in pieces.

EL COQUí, the first of two LNGpowered con-ros for Crowley Maritime’s Jones Act Florida (Jaxport)-Puerto Rico (San Juan) trades, has been launched by Halter Marine. The vessel should enter service in H2 2017, followed by sister ship TAíNO in H1 2018, both replacing triple-deck ro-ro barges and tugs.

There have been two important developments in 53ft container manufacturing. First, CIMC has won an intellectual property dispute with Singamas-owned Qingdao Pacific Container Co Ltd (QPCL) in the China Supreme Court for a patent infringement relating to its “APC Shipping platform technology” for transporting 53ft US domestic containers on standard cellular container vessels.

After lengthy legal action, Hong Kongbased box lessor Lotus Containers has recovered outstanding rental fees on 230 20ft dry freight containers, as well as the full value of 120 20ft units, which were stolen by a Chinese shipping company after being supplied under a long term lease agreement.

Hong Kong-based Lotus Containers has been on the wrong end of a scam in China that resulted in what appeared to be a bona fide customer effectively stealing 120 20ft dry freight containers supplied under a long term lease agreement. The company is warning other container lessors to be on the lookout for similar scams.