Best Quality Shipping Containers for Your Money

If you're running a storage facility or purchasing a container that will be in a highly visible area where the appearance of the storage container is important, one trip, or new, shipping containers are the best way to go for several reasons - color, condition, and interior  are the three main reasons.

Shipping Container Color

New shipping containers are typically a solid color - tan or white are the most common colors.  They blend easily with your surroundings, and they don't stick out in nearly any environment.

On a used shipping container the paint may be fading, chipped, or some crazy color that you'll need to paint over.  Repainting a shipping container can cost around $600 or more.

Shipping Container Condition

On a new shipping container the doors, locking gear, and hinges are all freshly oiled, and swing easily.  Your clients, or the people using the container will have no problem opening the doors, closing and locking them, and they'll require very little maintenance.

Used shipping containers may have a lot of grease, which isn't an issue in itself; but the doors may not swing as naturally as a new container, and they may require some effort to push shut and lock them.  To make the doors swing freely you'll need to have them squared up, re-greased, and any dents worked out.

Shipping Container - Condition of the Inside

A new shipping container will have fresh, clean floors and no odors.  The plywood floors will have no gouges or damage and no stains or discoloration.

A used shipping container may have stained floors, or gouges and chips out of the flooring and need to be repaired.  Depending on the amount of work and condition of the floors, it could be over $100 to replace the flooring.

Comparing New and Used Shipping Containers

The price of a new shipping container is normally $1000-$1500 more than a used shipping container.  If the price is substancially lower, you'll probably need to invest a lot of money to get it into good working order. Not only money, but you'll have to wait for the repairs and refurbshment to be completed - meaning that you can't rent it out until it's repaired.  Click here to learn more about refurbished shipping containers.

Do your own math, if you can't wait for your unit and want a clean, fresh looking container.

Portable Offices, On-site Storage, made from Shipping Containers

Portable Offices made from Shipping Containers

We've had a few great offices made shipping container for sale recently, and one of our sellers has been producing high quality container offices and moving them throughout Ontario.

Custom doors and windows, solar lighting, portable, and highly secure.  If you're in construction, oil, or a related field you can't go wrong with this off-site office/storage unit.

New Shipping Container vs. Used Shipping Container - Security Difference

One of the biggest differences between new and used shipping containers is the lack of a lock box.  Many new / one trip containers come factory equipped with a lock box, while a used container of any age rarely comes with a lock box.  The primary reason is cost, and shipping lines and leasing companies try to keep the container as strong and cheap as possible - afterall, they're going to be the ones using it for 10-12 years.

A lock box on a new shipping container is a great selling feature (along with the fresh paint, clean lines, and leather upholstery).  And having it installed at a factory in China is cheaper than having it installed at a depot in (Los Angeles, New York, Houston, [insert port/depot here].

That being said, if you've purchase a new or used shipping container that isn't equipped with a lock box, don't fret, they can be easily installed either at the depot on at your location.  Check this site if you're looking for more information on shipping container parts and bolt on lock boxes.