Shipping container specialists Royal Wolf has a new style of shipping container that has a single lever mechanism instead of having to wrestle two heavy handles to open the steel doors.  

Since its release in September last year the units have been in high demand, says Royal Wolf, so much so that the developer has expanded the range to include 10- and 40-foot containers and will produce more units to meet orders from Australia and New Zealand to complement the 500 already hired across both countries. 

“Our initial target was to get 300 Wolf Lock containers out to the market before the end of 2018, so it has performed far better than we expected,” says Royal Wolf CEO Neil Littlewood. 

Opening a conventional container requires a twisting motion using two arms and a number of large levers. In contrast, the Wolf Lock allows access through a single lever that requires only one hand and light pressure to work it.   

“Unlike traditional containers, the Wolf Lock can also be opened from the inside if the door closes, or gets closed, accidentally. In terms of safety, this is a significant game changer,” says Littlewood. 

The Wolf Lock container also has a tri-locking system providing vault-like security to provide an even higher level of secure, weatherproof storage than a conventional container.