A revolutionary new container design born out of a Stockport company is set to change the economics of shipping palletised cargo, allowing cargo owners and consolidators to increase significantly the volume of cargo shipped at any one time.
UK-based container design company Container Group Technology (CGT) Ltd is pleased to announce the availability of the 20-20 SeaCell Container. From the outside the patented ’20-20′ looks little different from a conventional ISO 20ft shipping container. However, subtle innovations on the outside and inside of the container enable the unit to provide for 36% greater pallet space.
The benefits of this innovation are numerous, including:
• It can significantly reduce ship loading times and the time needed to lash containers on deck
• Estimates suggest it could reduce handling and transportation costs by 25% to 35%
• The fact that 20-20 containers can be linked or unlinked at any stage of the logistics’ chain should also reduce the need for empty repositioning, thereby optimising each container’s usage
Prototypes of the 20-20 container have been built and fully tested in China, and the new design is being made available for sale or lease.
Container Group Technology (CGT) Ltd is owned by John Evans and Martin Clive-Smith, two of the container industry’s best known innovators. John Evans and Martin Clive-Smith are the designers of the original SeaCell palletwide container which is now widely in use throughout the global container shipping industry.
Read more at: http://www.cgt-seacell.co.uk/
Source: 3plNews