394,000 tank containers: ITCO Survey reveals exponential growth year-by-year

London, UK, 16 June 2014: ITCO, the International Tank Container Organisation, has today published its second Tank Container Fleet Survey. Based on detailed research of tank container operators, leasing companies and other owners, the Survey provides a qualified estimate that there are around 394,000 tank containers presently in operation worldwide; this equals an increase of 12 percent over 2013. Of this global fleet, some 70 percent are in use by dedicated tank container operators and logistics companies, while the remaining 30 percent are operated by chemical producers and other cargo shippers, together with rail organisations, shipping lines, oil companies and military/governmental authorities. Around 42,600 tank container were manufactured (up from 39,700 in the previous year).

(firmenpresse) - Compiled with the support of ITCO members and based on data provided by tank container owning companies, the ITCO Survey gives details of 176 operators of tank containers worldwide. While the operator fleet figure of 265,000 units is, numerically, dominated by global tank container operators such as Stolt, Hoyer, Bulkhaul, Bertschi and Interbulk, the Survey reveals the increasing number of regional operators which have been established in recent years. This was also already a key finding in 2013.

A total of 34 leasing companies, with a fleet size of 176,500 units, are listed in the Survey. However, as the majority of these tanks are leased to operators or direct to cargo shippers, leasing company tanks (with the exception of units not currently in operation) are not included in the global fleet total.

Growth in the tank container industry is reflected by the number of new containers built. The ITCO Survey gives details of 18 tank container manufacturers, who produced a record number of over 42,620 new tank containers in 2013 to an estimated value of about $900m. Those are 12 percent more than in 2012, a year that also had a record increase in production.

Commenting on the results of the Survey, Heike Clausen, ITCO President, notes: “The growth trend in the tank container industry is continuing. This stable year-by-year growth demonstrates that the tank container industry is on the right track, when investing into new material, services, technology, quality and safety, in order to become even more attractive for shippers of bulk liquids, powders and gases.”

The complete report, giving details of the size, ownership and growth of the world’s tank container fleet, can be downloaded from the ITCO website.

The ITCO Fleet Survey is published annually, with periodic updates. ITCO welcomes companies to contribute to the on-going reports by providing fleet totals, comments and recommendations on all aspects of the Survey - including fleet estimate methodology. The first possibility to discuss the report face-to-face is the upcoming trade show Transport Logistic China, Shanghai, 17-19 June 2014, where visitors are invited to visit various players of the tank container industry in the Tank Container Village in Hall N2 / 382-460, hosted by ITCO.

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