IICL releases fleet survey

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The Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL) has released its 2009 Annual Leased Container Fleet Survey, which shows that the wor...

Tex reports solid results

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Textainer, the world’s biggest container lessor, has reported revenue for the first quarter of 2009 of US$59.6M, a decrease of US$12.7M, o...

Reefer production holding steady

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Demand for standard dry freight containers may have hit the buffers last year in the wake of the global economic downturn, but reefer produc...

Reefer industry out in force

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The reefer container industry was well represented at last month’s Intermodal 2008 exhibition in Hamburg, with all four leading machinery ...

beat mood in container storage business

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Despite the crisis in world credit markets and gloomy economic forecasts, over 675 delegates at the National Portable Storage Association (N...

Lessor earnings increase in 3Q

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Textainer Group Holdings, the world’s largest container lessor based on fleet size, has reported a 7% increase in total revenues for the t...

Listed lessors post strong 2Q results

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All three NYSE-listed container lessors - Textainer Group, TAL International and CAI - have posted strong second quarter 2008 results as shi...

Flatrack repair guide

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The Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL) has published The Guide for Flatrack Container Repair, the first manual of its kind ...

Cooler prospects for reefer builders

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The world’s major reefer container manufacturers achieved a record output in 2007 when they built almost 120,000 units between them. Howev...

Is e-commerce passing depots by?

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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the container depot industry, urged by its leasing and steamship line customers, began investing signific...

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