Inman Maritime opens Florida office and upgrades Container Reserve for Q3

Inman Maritime Corporation has opened a Florida office to expand service across the East Coast and Eastern Canada, while rolling out new Container Reserve portal features ahead of the summer buying season. The changes give buyers and lessees more local support, live pricing and faster order management across the company’s two-coast network.

Why it matters: - Inman Maritime now has a direct East Coast base to support buyers and lessees in Florida, the broader East Coast and Eastern Canada. - The expansion is designed to shorten lead times and improve local support for customers buying or leasing new, used and reefer containers. - The portal upgrades give customers a faster way to compare pricing, secure rates and manage orders during peak demand.

What happened: - Inman Maritime Corporation opened a new Florida office on July 6, 2026. - The company said the office extends operations beyond its Vancouver, BC headquarters and gives Inman Maritime a presence on both coasts of North America. - The launch coincides with a Q3 rollout of new features on the Container Reserve portal, the platform used for browsing inventory, locking in pricing and managing orders at inmanmaritime.com. - The Florida office is set up to serve East Coast operations, including Eastern Canada.

The details: - The Florida office will handle sales, inventory management and customer service for the expanded footprint. - The office is positioned near Florida produce importers, cold chain logistics providers and non-vessel operating common carriers, or NVOCCs. - The office will also serve general container buyers and lessees looking for new or used dry containers along the East Coast. - Vancouver will continue to manage West Coast operations, including the U.S. West Coast. - The Container Reserve portal now includes a live Market page with real-time pricing for dry and reefer containers across both the Vancouver and Florida offices. - The portal now shows retail and wholesale pricing tiers for volume-based pricing visibility. - Customers can use a Lock In Price inquiry workflow to secure current pricing before purchase. - Order detail and payment pages have been refreshed with an updated visual design. - Inman Maritime said it made a significant investment in the portal upgrades and set an internal deadline to get the features live before the summer buying season.

Between the lines: - The Florida move turns Inman Maritime from a single-headquarters operation into a two-coast sales and service network. - The portal upgrades point to a push for more self-service and less phone-based order handling. - The timing suggests the company wants to capture demand when container buying and leasing activity is strongest.

What's next: - Inman Maritime will use the Florida office to support East Coast growth while Vancouver continues to anchor the West Coast. - The company is likely to lean on the updated Container Reserve portal to convert more inquiries into orders during the summer buying season. - Customers can view current inventory and pricing on the Container Reserve portal at current container inventory and pricing.