SOUTH Korea's Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has become the latest global carrier to sign on to the BoxTech Global Container Database, bringing to a total the details of more than 11 million containers available to registered users
SOUTH Korea's Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has become the latest global carrier to sign on to the BoxTech Global Container Database, bringing to a total the details of more than 11 million containers available to registered users. HMM is the 12th largest global carrier joining 2M carriers Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), which have already uploaded their container fleets to the database, operated on a non-profit basis by the BIC (Bureau International des Containers).
Other major carriers, including CMA-CGM and APL, have also registered their fleets, alongside hundreds of smaller owners and operators, reports the American Journal of Transportation.
Other South Korean global shipping companies which have already signed up to the database are SM Line, Pan Ocean and CK Line.
With details of more than 11 million containers, the fast-growing database gives the shipping community instant access to the technical characteristics of around 45 per cent of the global container fleet in a single location, using a standard API.
