A month or so ago there was concern about one of the Intermodal Container companies going bankrupt. There was concern about who would take up the business and if the bankruptcy would create a longterm shipping "crisis". I decided to list the names of Intermodal Companies that I see on the sides of the containers in trains (when out trainwatching and while watching the Rochelle, IL and Roanoke, VA RailCams...) I now have 68 names in the list! Anybody know of more?
ACLAPLBeaconBulk Haul (Tubular tank in a 20' Intermodal frame.)CAICapitalCARUChina ShippingCho YangCMA CGMCNSCOCLCOLOCoscoCR EnglandCRCNCOCronosCSAVCSXDong F… (I can never see the whole name... it is always printed vertically in the last side panel and the container is always on the bottom of a well-car and the side panel of the car obscures the last part of the name.)EESEMPEvergreenGlobalGoldHamburg SudHanjin (I have seen only one or two of these since the bankruptcy.)Hapag-LloydHatsu MarineHub GroupHyundaiInterstateItaliaJ.B. HuntK LineLloyd TriestinoMaerskMagellanMatsonMCLMDIMOLNew PortNYK LOGISTICS AND MEGACARRIERSOCGPacer StacktrainPrime IntermodalRoad RailSAFMARINESeaCastleSeacoSeaLandSenatorSINOCHEM (Tubular tank in a 20' Intermodal frame.)SwiftTEXTiger Cool ExpressTritonUASCUESUMAXWernerXlinesXPO LogisticsXtraYang MingYRCZM
EDIT 10/14/16 to add:
Schneider
Wan Hai
Semper Vaporo
Pkgs.
Here's a worldwide list.
http://shipping-container-info.com/container-owner/container-owners-list-by-country#U
Norm
Semper Vaporo wrote the following[in part] :
Dong F… (I can never see the whole name... it is always printed vertically in the last side panel and the container is always on the bottom of a well-car and the side panel of the car obscures the last part of the name.)
I think that the one you are looking for is Dong Fang.
Their web site is linked here: http://www.dongfang.com.hk/about.do
Full name: Dong Fang International Asset Management Ltd
"Dong F… (I can never see the whole name... it is always printed vertically in the last side panel and the container is always on the bottom of a well-car and the side panel of the car obscures the last part of the name.)"
I think i know what Dong F.... is but this is a family freindly forum.
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I see a lot of Schneider Semi-trailers on rail cars, but not "Intermodal Containers" with the Schneider name on them. I had that name and several others (UPS, FedEx, E, etc.) in my list until I realized they were Semi-Trailers and not Intermodal Containers. At least, I have not seen any (not that there are not any).
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Semper Vaporo I see a lot of Schneider Semi-trailers on rail cars, but not "Intermodal Containers" with the Schneider name on them. I had that name and several others (UPS, FedEx, E, etc.) in my list until I realized they were Semi-Trailers and not Intermodal Containers. At least, I have not seen any (not that there are not any).
They are very common in my neck of the woods.
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When I first saw this thread, I thought the OP was asking about companies that make Intermodal Shipping Container, as demonstrated in this video (how-it's-made style video of a Chinese company fabricating a container for BigSteelBox)
n012944 Semper Vaporo I see a lot of Schneider Semi-trailers on rail cars, but not "Intermodal Containers" with the Schneider name on them. I had that name and several others (UPS, FedEx, E, etc.) in my list until I realized they were Semi-Trailers and not Intermodal Containers. At least, I have not seen any (not that there are not any). They are very common in my neck of the woods.
And they're stacked two high (OK, so it's an obscure joke)...
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That adds TWO more to my list. Thank you.
Ah! Larry, I was trying to figure out how to work WAN HAI into a reply.
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Semper Vaporo n012944 Semper Vaporo I see a lot of Schneider Semi-trailers on rail cars, but not "Intermodal Containers" with the Schneider name on them. I had that name and several others (UPS, FedEx, E, etc.) in my list until I realized they were Semi-Trailers and not Intermodal Containers. At least, I have not seen any (not that there are not any). They are very common in my neck of the woods. That adds TWO more to my list. Thank you.
Was watching a BNSF 'z' train pass by here yesterday afternoon; saw about a dozen of schneider's container' stacked on it.Usually, the OTR trailers are what I had noticed more than the 'stacks'. Many times, it is the [schneider] containers riding on chassis (TOFC) more than the 'stacks'. [Just a observation].
The Han Jin containers were a pretty regular sight in this area, but since their recent bankruptcy they are not. Here is a recent linked article on its impact at West Coast Ports ( and possible consequences for railroads serving them)
@ http://www.wsj.com/articles/hanjin-bankruptcy-hits-west-coast-ports-1476375812
FTL:[snip] "...Analysts estimated that overall U.S. monthly imports would fall from August to September. But they expected that last month’s performance would still be a slight improvement from a year ago. Panjiva Inc., which tracks customs data, found that while the overall number of import shipments to the U.S. fell 11.2% from August to September of this year, the monthly figure was a 1.3% improvement over September of last year, despite the Hanjin bankruptcy..." [snipped]
For domestic containers, JB Hunt has the most, more than 80,000, which is more than #2 and #3 combined. The intermodal business represents more than 60% of the total revenues and profits of the company. Truckload is only about 6%, behind contract logistics and their brokerage operations.
Lots of containers being stored at this time. The economy is very soft.
Ed
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The problem with the original list is that it lists Shipping companies(ie: Evergreen, Hanjin, NCL, etc.) alongside Intermodal Marketing Companies(ie: HUB, Alliance, Pacer[now Xpo Logistics], etc. and OTR companies with Intermodal divisions(ie: JBH, Schneider, Swift, etc.). Technically 3 different kinds of organizations that you really can't lump together.
GERALD L MCFARLANE JR The problem with the original list is that it lists Shipping companies(ie: Evergreen, Hanjin, NCL, etc.) alongside Intermodal Marketing Companies(ie: HUB, Alliance, Pacer[now Xpo Logistics], etc. and OTR companies with Intermodal divisions(ie: JBH, Schneider, Swift, etc.). Technically 3 different kinds of organizations that you really can't lump together.
At least the "Wan Hai" is on the bottom in the picture above...
I was wondering if there are any Companies leasing the sides of their containers for advertising purposes ? i.e. Gatorade pays Schneider $2,000 / month to use the sides of the container(s) as billboards for Gatorade. Is this currently being done?
Thanks so much.
railstopinn I was wondering if there are any Companies leasing the sides of their containers for advertising purposes ? i.e. Gatorade pays Schneider $2,000 / month to use the sides of the container(s) as billboards for Gatorade. Is this currently being done? Thanks so much.
Railstopinn
I have not seen any containers being used as billboards although it seems like a pretty good idea. There are most likely some issues that could get in the way.
Therer is some sort of law against advertising on boxcars... I never really understood it except that cars that are in a "pool" of some sort would cause problems if one were delivered to one company, but had advertising on it for some other company... i.e.: Kellogg's would not like a box car that advertised a General Mills cereal to be on their property. I vaguely remember doing a web search for "box car billboards" and found the information there... but I have not taken the time to look it up again... I'll leave that to someone else for now.
I believe that container advertising would run afoul of the same 80-year-old Federal ban that killed the beer reefers. The law is long obsolete, but still on the books.
There is no such ban on using the sides of monorail and light rail cars as moving billboards, nor on the commercialization of public transit busses...
As for Hanjin, the other companies in the business are well able to pull up the slack - especially since there is a lot of slack in the business right now.
Chuck (bemused observer)
tomikawaTT There is no such ban on using the sides of monorail and light rail cars as moving billboards, nor on the commercialization of public transit busses... Chuck (bemused observer) Light rail, monorail, city buses, etc. have long been considered to be outside the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission and successor agencies since they do not engage in interstate commerce.
Light rail, monorail, city buses, etc. have long been considered to be outside the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission and successor agencies since they do not engage in interstate commerce.
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