[Trivia] A to Z of Container Brands

[billh]

Agreed! Perhaps after this thread is completed the op could maybe consider an A-Z of historic brands not now seen on trains e.g. Freighliner, Manchester Liners, J Sainsburys etc. ?

I was just thinking of Manchester Liners, I believe there are some containers of theirs serving as living accomodation in a middle eastern desert still in original livery.

 

[Rhinojerry]

Royal Arctic Line.Just seen one on a Steve Marsh video from Nuuk,Greenland.

 

[DarloRich]

XPO Logistics ?

Royal Arctic Line.Just seen one on a Steve Marsh video from Nuuk,Greenland.

Do they appear on the UK rails?

Are there any MOL containers in the UK nowadays? I haven't seen my avatar for many years now.

Part of ONE now?

 

[Eskimo]

We

Had a quick look through some footage I've taken over the past few years and come up with following:
AMF CON, Eurotainer, EXSIF, Lloyd Triestino, Qube (in 4M94 consist Jul 2023), NOL, NOVELIS, SEAGO Line

For 'J', the only one I can find is the Jaguar Land Rover branded containers that used to appear on the Ditton-Dollands Moor aluminium trains

We might have completed the alphabet!

Can you provide any images of the Qube one, if possible?

Jaguar Land Rover shouldn’t be too hard to track down online either.

Thanks for your efforts!

 

[Prime586]

Part of ONE now?

Yes, Mitsui/MOL's containers are disappearing (along with NYK and K Line) as part of the ONE merger. Similarly, Geest's containers have been getting repainted as Seatrade after the line was taken over in 2021 (and as previously mentioned, GE-Seaco's containers have been getting repainted back to Seaco or replaced after GE sold it's interest to HNA in 2011).

CMA CGM also own a number of other shipping companies (APL, ANL, CNC, CEVA etc.) but continues to operate them as individual brands rather than under the parent brand.

I've not been able to find any pictorial or video evidence of XPO boxes on UK trains. They apparently did do a number of 3-month trials a couple of years ago with Chippenham-Daventry and Daventry-Mossend/Grangemouth flows (piggybacking off Malcolm) but it doesn't seem to have stuck.

Jaguar Land Rover shouldn’t be too hard to track down online either.

Via Flickr. The JLR-branded aluminium trains operate using Wecon 'Imperator' curtainsider swapbodies rather than containers, though.

 

[DBS92042]

We

We might have completed the alphabet!

Can you provide any images of the Qube one, if possible?

Jaguar Land Rover shouldn’t be too hard to track down online either.

Thanks for your efforts!

Apologies it's not the clearest (screenshot from a video) but this Qube 20ft box was on 4M68 this morning

 

[Rhinojerry]

Do they appear on the UK rails?


Part of ONE now?

Haha,well spotted.Doubtful,but will keep an eye out.

 

[satisnek]

Part of ONE now?

Yes, Mitsui/MOL's containers are disappearing (along with NYK and K Line) as part of the ONE merger.

Ah well, nothing lasts forever. 'Alligator spotting' became a feature of my return to rail travel in the 2000s, having taken a sabbatical in the wake of privatisation. Hence the avatar. Thanks for the info.