Green Shipping Containers

Green shipping containers are the most popular colour by far. They blend in nicely with most rural settings. They also fit in well in many built up areas as a neutral colour.

In this guide we cover the options if you want green shipping containers for storage use. If you’re looking to buy or rent a shipping container we have all the bases covered for you.

Used Shipping Containers

Used shipping containers are the cheapest option available. All of our used containers come directly from import or shipping industry use unless we specify otherwise.

All of our containers are checked over and, if necessary, repaired before resale. You are assured of a solid, sound container in a good state of repair. We do not guarantee cosmetics on our used shipping containers (how nice they look), as they will have dents and surface rust. As with everything we sell its guaranteed wind and watertight.

However, if you want a used shipping container, you will be limited to ‘whatever we have in’ at the time of order. The major shipping companies and owners that have green containers are as follows:

• Evergreen Line
• China Shipping Line
• Capital Leasing (now owned by Textainer)
• Dong Fang International
• United Arab Shipping Company (UASC)

Other used green shipping containers do exist. The shipping and leasing companies listed above are the ones with major fleets of green shipping containers. These still form a small proportion of the used shipping containers that are available for sale in the UK.

The chances for us having a used green shipping container in stock locally will depend a lot on the market at the time. Have any of the above container owners been disposing of stock recently? Have the owners have had stocks to sell in your area? And of course whether they are they asking sensible prices for us to buy a sizeable batch of these containers from them? (Value for money for our customers will often be our core driver when sourcing in stock).

Here are some examples of used green shipping containers we have had for sale in the past. As you can see they come with some dinks, dents and surface rust, and will often have their original owners livery on the side.

We don’t yet have a Dong Fang container picture on file but we will update this post when we have one handy.

Generally, used green shipping containers only make up a very small proportion of the used containers we get in. We will always pick one out for you and put it to one side if we can, but this may involve a wait or might involve an extra cost for delivery if we have no green shipping containers available in the depot local to you. If this were the case, we would then recommend one of our refurbished green shipping containers.

Refurbished Shipping Containers

Our range of refurbished shipping containers come with a high security lock box, and a quality marine grade external repaint in your choice of colour, of which dark green is the most popular option.

Our refurbished containers are made from used shipping containers, so whilst you’re still assured a solid and sound shipping container, it will still have some dinks and dents along the frame, and the container will almost certainly have had repairs done to it during its lifetime. Any such repairs will be good quality shipping industry grade repairs and still offer fantastic quality secure storage.

We believe the refurbished shipping containers offer a good middle ground in terms of appearance and quality between a basic used and a new (or one trip) shipping container. Here are some previous examples of refurbished green shipping containers we’ve sold in the past.

New Shipping Containers

Our range of one trip or new shipping containers nearly always come in a green option. With the largest online range of shipping containers for sale, if you need new and you need green then you need look no further. Our online catalogue should have all the options you need. If not please contact us and we can discuss your job and perhaps offer a bespoke build for you instead?

Our new green shipping containers are all built in the Far East and have made one trip to the UK with freight inside. They may have the odd dent or imperfection consistent with this trip by sea, but they will be in otherwise immaculate condition. As with everything we sell, these new green containers are checked over in our depot before sale. They also come with our 12-month wind and watertight guarantee.

Our new shipping containers usually come in a green RAL colour 6007 or RAL 6028. We can of course repaint in other shades as required at an additional cost. See our shipping containers colours page for more info.

Here are some example pictures of our new green shipping containers:

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If you need a shipping container feel free to browse our online range of shipping containers for sale. You can also call us on freephone 0808 1234 215 any time 9am – 5pm weekdays and our team will be happy to discuss your requirements. Alternatively, you can use our online shipping container quote form or request a telephone callback. In both cases we aim to get back to you within 1-2 working hours (may take longer for more detailed quotes).