NEWS

15-12-2006

Rotterdam based UNIT45 B.V. is now offering automotive logistics companies in Europe a range of 45ft high-cube containers fitted with the Trans-Rak car transport system. Previously, Trans-Raks have only been installed...

01-12-2006

A double-stack diesel-electric reefer, a car-, a bulk-, a garment- a open top and a 4-doors container: as from now they are all available as a 45ft pallet wide high cube. This is all being possible thanks to Unit45 who...

28-11-2006

Rotterdam based reefer box designer UNIT45 has recently introduced a new diesel-electric 45ft high-cube container, which is capable of accommodating 33 pallets. Of the 400 reefer units the company expects to sell this year, the new design will...

02-10-2006

Shortsea shipping lines and intermodal operators usually consider road transport operators their main competitors. One advantage often claimed for trailers is that most offer side access, enabling pallets to be loaded and unloaded by forklift trucks operating at ground level, without the need for raised loading bays or ramps. Side access also provides...

11-09-2006

There is currently discussion as to whether 45ft containers as used by deepsea lines should be given some form of dispensation allowing them to be transported on Europe’s roads after 1 January 2007. Although such containers built since 1996 have not been legal in most European Union (EU) countries for ten years, the relevant laws have not been enforced. Now though, effective next year, the ban will cover all 45ft containers...

11-04-2006

Reports appearing recently in the press have suggested that “as of 1 January, 2007, it will be illegal to transport 45ft palletwide containers by road in the European Union (EU)”. In the opinion of UNIT45 and, we are sure, in the opinion of all leading European intermodal and shortsea shipping companies,....