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Tens of millions of dry containers represent one of the most promising industry opportunities for large-scale digital transformation. Major ocean carriers have taken bold steps to lead in this space and others appear poised to decisively advance adoption by 2035.

This report presents an industry pulse check — based on interviews and information from key stakeholders gathered by Journal of Commerce in partnership with Hoopo — on the drivers, barriers and outlook for global dry container digitization. The findings point to an industry at a tipping point, as the question increasingly shifts from whether dry containers will be digitized to how the industry can move from pilots and selective deployments to fleet-wide scale.

2026 Global Dry Container Digitization Outlook