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It's that time of year again, nearly everyone in the intermodal container industry heads to the largest annual intermodal conference in the world, Intermodal Europe. This year's event is being help back in Rotterdam at the Rotterdam Ahoy convention center, and ContainerAuction.com will again be in attendance for the 6th straight year.
What is Intermodal Europe?
Intermodal Europe, as previously sta ...
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2018 is going so fast, it's almost hard to contain ourselves! This President's Day the offices at ContainerAuction.com will be partially closed. Partially in that we will be replying to emails and text messages, but will not be in the office throughout the day.
Similar to ContainerAuction, many of the ports and depots around the country will be closed. If you intend on picking up a shipping contai ...
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March 20-22, 2018 is the annual Intermodal Asia event that takes place in Shanghai, China. This even is one of the largest intermodal conferences in the world, and without a doubt the largest in Asia. It draws exhibitors and guests from all around the world, and this marks fourth year in a row that ContainerAuction.com will be in attendance.
What Goes On at Intermodal Asia?
The Intermoda ...
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The holiday season is upon us once again, and while we at ContainerAuction.com will be working, we will also be doing some traveling as well, so it may be difficult to reach us due to time zones and flight schedules.
Christmas Day, December 25th: Offices closed, although someone may reply to the occasional email. All of the depots (that we use) are closed, so no containers in the US will be ...
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Intermodal 2017 was an exceptional show, similar to previous years the show provided lots of new ideas and innovations in the industry, as well as the chance to meet up with old colleagues and new potential business partners. The three main take aways were industry consolidation, the shortage of second hand containers, and the influence of technology.
More Consolidation
After the merger between Tr ...
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Intermodal Europe is taking place in Amsterdam this year on November 28th, 29th, and 30th, and ContainerAuction.com will be in attendance all three days and available for meetings and presentations.
Intermodal Europe is the industry’s leading annual conference and seminar, as well as corporate and social networking events; and is attended by a wide range of people and companies ranging from ...
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Two weeks ago, the largest container ship in the world was launched, the MOL Triumph could carry an impressive 20,150 TEU (twenty foot equivalent unit). It’s 400 meters in length, and 58.8 meters at the beam. However, it’s record holding life was short lived. Last week Maersk took delivery of the Madrid. The first of eleven Triple E series, officially known as EEE Mark 2.
According to ...
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At Intermodal Asia 2017 we didn’t watch paint dry, but we did have extensive discussions about watching paint dry. One of the biggest panel discussions was that of the pending changes to the paint used in and on shipping containers. Regulations have changed in China, and the traditional solvent based paints used on shipping containers is being replaced by a water borne paint.
Historically, t ...
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March 21-13, 2017 is the annual Intermodal Asia event that takes places in Shanghai, China. This even is one of the largest intermodal conferences in the world, and definitely the largest in Asia. It draws exhibitors and guests from all around the world, and this marks third year in a row that ContainerAuction.com will be in attendance.
What Goes On at Intermodal Asia?
The Intermodal Asia conv ...
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Shipping containers (almost) never rest, but the office of ContianerAuction.com occasionally does. The holiday season is upon us once again, and the ContainerAuction.com offices will be briefly closed; however email and text messages will still be actively managed. If there is an urgent issue please send a text message to (307) 222-9085.
December 25th: Offices Closed. ...
