High utilisation rates buoy tank lessors

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

High utilisation boosts lessors

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

Tank lessors face rate challenge

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

Tank lessors cautiously upbeat

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One of the longest-running downturns in the tank container market is finally coming to an end. Tank lessors are gearing up to meet demand...

Exsif moves into China

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

Tank lessors minimise tail-chasing

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

EXSIF beefs up regional services

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

Too many tanks, not enough revenue

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

EXSIF still growing

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EXSIF Worldwide, the world's largest tank container lessor following the acquisition last year of the TAL tank leasing business, placed orde...

Tank lessors under pressure on all sides

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Tank container leasing companies are hoping that they have reached the bottom of the current trough in the market cycle. On a positive note,...

TAL tanks sold

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Dutch insurer Aegon NV, which acquired Transamerica Corporation in July last year, has sold Transamerica Leasing's tank container leasing bu...

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