Managing a fleet is a challenge. It doesn’t matter if it is a fleet of cars, boats, trucks, or even copiers… Ensuring that your fleet of assets is working optimally is constant requirement.
Managing a fleet of tanks containers that are utilized for international transport of liquid and gas products may be among the most challenging.
Fleet management’s challenges :
Global shippers that manage their own fleet of tank containers face several challenges:
- Developing, auditing and managing a global depot network.
- Significant costs for third party surveyors
- Tank containers damaged in an region outside of primary depot area.
- Tanks taken out of service unplanned causes serious supply chain disruption.
- Tank container fleet may not be optimized
- Maintaining maintenance, repair and testing records.
- Cultivating and maintaining in-house expertise in tank container maintenance.
- Managing repair and tariffs with multiple depots.
- Tank containers regularly damaged in transit and occasional customer rejection of equipment due to condition
Eurotainer fleet service management program
The EUROTAINER FLEET SERVICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM is the solution for companies looking for a better way to manage the maintenance and repair of their fleet.
- Fleet Service Management (FSM) is a program that allows current customers to outsource the maintenance, repair and testing functions to Eurotainer and focus on their core competencies.
- Fleet Service Management (FSM) is a value added service that works in conjunction with existing leases.
- Fleet Service Management (FSM) leverages Eurotainer’s tank container M&R expertise and global buying power for parts, labor and services in our depot network.
- Fleet Service Management (FSM) reduces costs across many areas for our customers.
- Fleet Service Management (FSM) ultimately delivers lower maintenance and repair costs per tank over time, reduces off hire repairs and supply chain disruption.
- Non-Eurotainer tanks in a customer’s fleet can be part of the program.
Eurotainer Will Use It’s Scale And Expertise To:
- Reduce repair and maintenance costs
- Verify estimates for repair
- Expedite depot servicing
- Provide post repair support
- Provide on-going, global, technical support
- Enable access to Eurotainer’s worldwide depot network
- Depot versatility – Rapid turnaround of equipment - Expedited testing and repair services
- Deliver quantifiable cost savings
- Reduce exposure to high off hire costs in the event of redelivery of equipment
Changing the lease experience from start to finish… and changing the products and the process to deliver a more efficient business practice for the storage and shipment of liquids and gases. Contact Eurotainer to learn more about how we are changing the tank container industry.
