Shipping Container News

We believe the container industry is all about people and connectivity. Building a community with colleagues, partners and customers. In a series of interviews we want to introduce you to those people. In this first edition: Michael Aaron Goldman.

Michael has been with CARU Containers since 2016. Starting off as Senior Sales Manager he is currently the General Manager for North America, stationed at our Boston office.

In more than two decades, CARU Containers has grown from a local container trader with eight employees to one of the world's largest players, with an average annual container volume of 125,000. The journey has certainly not been straightforward and has taken a great deal of trial & error and experimentation, with the focus on constant improvement. We explain how CARU originated and which milestones led to sustainable growth.

Bees are an important part of our lives; many of our fruits and vegetables, but also flowers, depend on pollination by bees. A world without bees is impossible! That's why we recently placed two hives at our office in Rotterdam, with a beekeeper coming to check on the bees regularly. In just two weeks time, the hive is filled with healthy bees and rooms full of nectar. Our first harvest yielded 21 pounds of honey! Together with our beekeeper, we explain what we want to achieve with these hives.

At CARU Containers we believe it is important to be transparent in how we are committed to nature and society. That is why we have documented all our sustainable activities over the past year in our very first annual sustainability report. In this report we share the activities we have undertaken and results we have achieved to reduce our CO2-emissions and which goals we want to pursue for the coming years.

It is the most magical time of the year, the month of giving, festivities and looking forward to the new year in good spirits. Despite the corona measures, companies are doing everything in their power to thank employees for the past year. This leads to many creative ideas, just like the one of transport company RET. With 1,000 employees, they wanted to thank everyone personally, and they only needed four CARU containers to do so.

The Dakatcha Forest in Kenya is one of the ten most endangered forests in the world. Dakatcha's ecosystem and biodiversity are at great risk. Unfortunately, much of this forest has been lost in recent years, while it is also home to many different endangered species.

The Erasmus MC Sophia Foundation and its mission bring people together. Entrepreneurs come together and get to know each other in a different light. That also applies to Jan Koolen and Suzanne Boer. The companies they work for both operate in the world of containers. So does that mean they’re in competition with each other? That’s not how they see it, and in fact their companies are not competitors. Jan and Suzanne introduce themselves.

Containers can be used for a wide variety of purposes. This is one of them! Holiday resort BreeBronne in Maasbree, the Netherlands, recently created a mini golf course. To offer their guests a unique experience, resort BreeBronne came up with the idea to transform a container into a roof terrace. Additionally, there is a waterfall streaming through the mini golf course. How special!

How does modifying a container work exactly and what are the possibilities? We receive many questions about container modification. In this article, you can read everything about container modifications and get a feel of what modifications cost.

To know whether buying or renting containers is the best option for you, you should consider different factors. At CARU Containers we offer both options. Below you can read everything you need to know about renting containers and which is the best option to choose.

Founder and managing director of CARU Containers Rob Tromp (63) witnessed the development of the container market from the ‘wild west’ of the 1980s into a mature sector. His own company has developed with it. Here, the container man gives a detailed insight into CARU Containers, doing business, and his vision of the container market. ‘If the container was an adolescent 40 years ago, today it’s a middle-aged man. And it needs to make sure it doesn’t get too heavy and out of shape.’

Suppose you have an immense or compact amount of goods and you are still looking for a suitable solution for safe transport or efficient storage. Ever thought of a CARU shipping container? With a robust and flexible shipping container you transport your goods from A to B very practically.

Housing shortage in the Netherlands. Who would have thought it could arise in our welfare state? And yet it is there. Increasingly even, because it is only becoming more expensive to build houses and the housing market has gone completely crazy! The result: starters can't find affordable housing, or build one themselves, and tenants pay astronomical rental prices. But there is a solution: homes from shipping containers.

Voordat je een nieuw container koopt en hij misschien wel bij jou in de tuin staat heeft deze container er eigenlijk al een hele reis opzitten.
Nieuwe containers worden namelijk gemaakt in de fabriek in China. Wil jij weten hoe het proces van een nieuwbouw container er uit ziet? Lees dit stuk dan zeker door en klik op de infographic.

Naast people en profit zijn de pijlen bij CARU Containers nu ook gericht op de P van Planet. Er wordt steeds meer gekeken naar de impact op onze aarde. Het bedrijf verduurzaamt onder meer de bedrijfsvoering en investeert in uitstootvermindering van de handel in en het transport van containers.

Containers are world travellers. They end up in a wide variety of situations. Thanks to their robust yet flexible nature, they always perform extremely well. At CARU Containers, we supply containers for all kinds of different situations. Some are very obvious, while others are more unique. We have listed a few for you here.

487,000 eggs, 11 pallets or 2 cars: that’s what! Containers are fantastic at sea thanks to their transport capabilities. But they’re just as fantastic on land, because you can store anything in them. Beach furniture, machines, building materials, household contents, documents, you name it. But which container is right for your storage requirements? Read more about the dimensions, volume and certificates of the most common container types here.

De container is een eenvoudig product met eindeloos veel mogelijkheden. CARU Containers spiegelt zich graag aan deze kracht. Daarom zijn wij als bedrijf helder over wat we wel én niet doen. Zo weten klanten altijd wat ze kunnen verwachten. En is onze dienstverlening net zo betrouwbaar als die van een container.

Did you know that… the first container arrived in the port of Rotterdam in 1965? And that Rotterdam now has the largest container port in Europe? So it makes sense for CARU to be based in this port city. In this article, you can read many more facts about containers as well as CARU Containers.

If you suddenly realise you need much more space than you thought to transport your goods safely and easily, a shipping container is worth its weight in gold. Are you doing research because you want to buy or rent a container for your company or club? If so, you will need to think about things like size, type and condition. No need to get confused, read on to find out what you need to look out for!

Think containers are boring? Not at all! There are large, small, high and double-door containers. But you can also find them with open tops, used, for sale, for rent and in every colour of the rainbow. Thanks to the invention of the century, you now have infinitely more storage space and can also transport your stuff quickly and easily from A to B. And you can even transform a container into a snack bar, like our customer Excelsior did. Read on to find out what you can do with containers!

Eline Gommers is transportcoördinator bij scheepsbouwer Damen Shipyards in Gorinchem. Bijna dagelijks bestelt ze containers bij CARU Containers om scheepswerven wereldwijd van bouwmaterialen te voorzien. Over de samenwerking met CARU is ze bijzonder tevreden: ‘Ik heb nog nooit meegemaakt dat CARU me een nee moest verkopen.’

Thanks to shipping containers, we can drink affordable Argentine Cabernet Sauvignon and order cheap phone cases from China. And when containers are discarded? They get a second life as food trucks, bridges or flagship stores. No wonder there are currently 20 million containers in circulation. These 5 facts prove that the container can rightly be called the invention of the twentieth century!

Wat hebben windturbines, transportbanden voor de mijnbouw en kroketten met elkaar gemeen? Ze kunnen allemaal worden opgeslagen of vervoerd worden per container. Maar ieder product vraagt weer om een ander soort container. Aan accountmanager verkoop en verhuur Marco van Vugt en zijn collega’s bij CARU Containers de taak om voor alle branches de beste containeroplossingen te bedenken.

We supplied 4 specially modified CARU containers for the creation of a Fan Court for Rotterdam football club Excelsior.

Do you buy containers often? Or do you need a big quantity of containers for a new project? You are at the right address at CARU Containers. We have available stock in various countries because of our worldwide network of offices and depots. Besides, we also offer different types of service such as buy-back options.