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COA completes successful 21st Members Meeting in Singapore
Over 100 Delegates at the Meeting Key Container Industry Topics Discussed Plan now to attend 22nd Meeting – Rotterdam, 5 ... read more
COA – Updated Privacy Policy
To be compliant with EU General Data Protection Regulations, the COA has updated its Privacy Policy. To view the Policy, CLICK HERE. read more
21st COA General Meeting – Conference Agenda Published
The 21st COA Members Meeting will take place at the Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel, Singapore, on Wednesday 20 June 2018. There will be a ... read more
Practical Demonstrations for COA Singapore Delegates
Delegates attending the COA Members Meeting in Singapore will have the opportunity to view a demonstration of containers repaired to ... read more
COA Container Pavilion at Intermodal Asia 2018
The 5th Intermodal Asia Exhibition took place in Shanghai this week. The COA organised a successful Container Pavilion. Many thanks ... read more
COA Guidelines for Carriage of Cargo in Non-Operating Reefers
In order to minimise empty repositioning costs, container operators frequently use reefer containers in a “non-operating” mode to ... read more
INDUSTRY ALERT – Hanjin Line Bankruptcy: Ownership and Return of Leased Containers
In connection with the filing by Hanjin Shipping for bankruptcy: A list of owners of various types of containers (with prefixes) which ... read more
At last: Container Shipping Industry to Benefit from Harmonised Interchange Inspection Criteria
London, Friday July 1st 2016: In a significant breakthrough for the container shipping business, the two criteria currently used when ... read more
Chinese box manufacturers commit to waterborne coatings
This switch results from an initiative by CCIA in response to new environmental regulations in China to reduce VOC emissions, with the ... read more
Latest COA Waterborne Coatings Report Published
The latest “COA Report on Waterborne Coatings” has been published. The Report reveals that there has been a move towards the use of ... read more
COA April 2015 Newsletter
The COA's April 2015 Newsletter is now available. read more
Understanding CSC: Download the Guide
A presentation explaining the Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) has been prepared by the Common Interchange Criteria (CIC) Group of ... read more