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Folding box and Actuator

News2 Jun 2023

US-based GenFlat has launched a new folding container design. Folding container concepts are well-known in the market, but the GenFlat desig...

Spectainer adds tracking with Nexxiot

News13 Dec 2022

Spectainer has partnered with Nexxiot to enable real-time visibility of its fleet of COLLAPSECON folding containers....

Folding containers look to the future

News1 Dec 2022

Folding container concepts have existed for more than a decade, with many advantages clear to see, but they have never gained widespread sup...

Case for folding containers stacks up in pandemic

News1 Dec 2021

Due to current problems with container logistics and empty box repositioning, the case for folding shipping containers has probably never be...

Foldable boxes complete intermodal tests

News22 Nov 2021

The first industrial series of Zbox foldable containers has successfully completed their first trips by road and by sea, in collaboration wi...

P&G to trial folding boxes

News1 Sep 2020

4FOLD has announced that major global shipper Procter & Gamble (P&G) is to trial its folding container design this year as part of a sustain...

Staxxon folding box gets CSC certification

News1 Jun 2020

Staxxon, LLC has received Container Safety Convention (CSC) certification for the latest version of its 20ft folding shipping container....

Auto folding containers

News1 May 2018

Belgian inventor Eric Parein is hoping the trend towards automation will help the shipping industry embrace his Conticke folding box concept...

First win for Staxxon

News1 Feb 2016

US-based Staxxon has won its first commercial order for its folding container design. Unlike other folding containers that collapse vertical...

CARU buys into folding box concept

News1 Nov 2013

Rotterdam-based container lessor CARU Containers BV is taking a 5% stake in Holland Container Innovations BV (HCI), the developer of the 4Fo...

Staxxon folding box approved

News24 Apr 2012

New Jersey-based Staxxon LLC has received a Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) Certificate for its innovative folding ISO container design...

Folding box and Actuator

Spectainer adds tracking with Nexxiot

Folding containers look to the future

Case for folding containers stacks up in pandemic

Foldable boxes complete intermodal tests

P&G to trial folding boxes

Staxxon folding box gets CSC certification

Auto folding containers

First win for Staxxon

CARU buys into folding box concept

Staxxon folding box approved

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Higher rates drive Maersk’s Q3 profitability

STS cranes at Shenzhen’s Chiwan Terminal reach new heights

Baltimore gets double stack rail

MEA renews call for mediation with Montreal longshore union

New offtake deal propels Maersk to meet over half of its 2027 methanol demand

Folding box and Actuator

Spectainer adds tracking with Nexxiot

Folding containers look to the future

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Higher rates drive Maersk’s Q3 profitability

STS cranes at Shenzhen’s Chiwan Terminal reach new heights

Baltimore gets double stack rail

MEA renews call for mediation with Montreal longshore union

New offtake deal propels Maersk to meet over half of its 2027 methanol demand

Winners of US$ 2.9b Clean Ports Program announced

Port of Montreal longshore workers target Termont in latest strike round

APM Terminals Maasvlakte II orders up to 71 Lift AGVs from Konecranes

Montreal port labour dispute continues with new strike

Higher order intake in port solutions boosts Konecranes’ Q3 profit