Textainer writes off 2,000 'lost' boxes, taking a $4.7m hit in its Q3 results

© Khunaspix Dreamstime.

The world’s biggest container lessor, Textainer, has lost more than 2,000 containers in China over the past year, in areas where “recovery is not economical”, which led to a $4.7m impairment in its accounts for the third quarter.

Textainer’s net profit for the first nine months ...