Textainer, a global lessor of freight containers, increased its fleet size year-on-year by seven per cent at the end of the second quarter to 3.1m teu, and saw utilisation level increase by two percentage points to 95.6 per cent. With equipment demand continuing strongly into the peak season, Textainer’s interim report is a useful barometer of the underlying state of health of the container industry. Textainer president and chief executive officer Phillip Brewer said the firm had … [Read more...] about Textainer results reveal shipping is enjoying best peak season since 2010