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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