Let me start this time with expressing my deepest gratitude to those who used the donation button so far. I can asure you your donations will be well spent on improvement and maintenance of the site.

Twitter search is completed. If you use Twitter you can find container owning companies that might interest you in the 'following' list at the Prefixlist Twitter. And like the usual Prefix list there will be more accounts added or deleted in time. I started a full scan on web links on the site. Checking every link on every prefix. I think this will take some time to complete too. If you find dead links in the list please report them by mail. Any co-operation to stay accurate is well appreciated.

Lorenz ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Very little news this month. It's a bit like they say, no news is good news. Ever since Prefixlist has been being maintained by Geuns Computers (www.geunscomputers.net) for the technical issues, things have run smoothly. There were some connection problems lately, but that was with the server. Must say they solve any connection problem on very short notice too. If you ever face connection problems let me know. I might not be aware of it 24 hours a day.

The Shit Happens page is extended a bit and will have more additions this month. At Twitter I found over 430 container owning companies and still counting. The search ain't over yet.

The only thing that has really changed is the addition of the donation button here on the right side of this page. Above the Twitter column.

If you like the site, if you use the site frequently, if you want to contribute for maintenance, please use this donation button and donate with PayPal. Your contribution will make possible the ongoing search to collect them all and to maintain accuracy and reliability that are so important to Prefixlist.

Thanks in advance.

Lorenz ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

At this moment Prefixlist has 100 followers on Twitter. A new milestone. Thanks to those for the confidence. All that's new to the site, you'll be the first to know. Prefixlist is following more than 350 Twiiter accounts at this moment. Goal is to follow all container owner accounts, but in order to find all these accounts I have to scroll through millions of different accounts to find the right ones. A very time consuming search. There is much more to find, but as said, it's going to take a while to find them all.

Meanwhile I came in touch with a very good and passionate German photographer who made a lot of nice pictures available to Prefixlist. If you are interested in the beauty and variaty of European trucks you should visit his picture page on Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/bonsaitruck). There are really thousands of truck pictures there. Because he's a real fan of liquid and dry bulk silo trucks most of the pictures are of this subject. Nevertheless it's certainly worth to take a look.

You might have noticed there's a new sponsor to the site. John Evans International Ltd. is a Britain based supplier of container software with a large clientele in the container industry. You will find his banner at the bottom of all pages of the prefix list. In time at more locations throughout the site. Please visit his site too, just click the banner.

If you want to advertise on Prefixlist and get more (worldwide) exposure to your company or product range please ask for conditions by mail.

Lorenz ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

So far so good. The year started smoothly at Prefixlist. No malfunctions, no delays, no problems, everything seems to work as it should. I guess one should be lucky sometimes when there's nothing to report. The annual clean-up is completed. 122 prefixes are deleted. If you encounter containers with a prefix that's missing in the list, don't hesitate to notify me. You can either use mail or Twitter.

Speaking of which, Prefixlist found and follows over 300 Twitter accounts from container owners and counting. Especially when companies don't have a link to their social media accounts on their websites searching for these Twitter accounts is a very time consuming business. It seems most companies don't realize the power and possibililties of social media like Twitter and Facebook. This awareness still needs to grow. But then again, some companies don't want you to contact them. I try sometimes with simple questions or a picture request, but receive no reply occasionally. Not even a negative reply, just no reply at all. So much for customer care.....

Same is for the two pictures on the Prefixlist Twitter account of unknown prefixes on two different containers (Bintang Mas & Venture Maritime). I tried to contact the owners by mail, but so far no reply at all. If anyone else knows more details of these containers (take a look at www.twitter.com/prefixlist) please let me know.

Lorenz ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )