Smart containers gaining traction in increasingly digitalised world

Richard Allingham, Edward Locke and Edwin Chan, of Hill Dickinson, report on the changing nature of cargo carriage

It may come as no surprise that the use of smart containers is gaining traction. A report from UK consultancy Drewry in July 2023 predicted that the global telematics-enabled container equipment fleet will grow six-fold in the coming five years and account for 30 per cent of global box inventories by 2027.