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There is a legal requirement under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) to store all hazardous substances such as oils, chemicals, flammables, pesticides and fertilisers in a secure location so as to avoid accidental spillage into the environment. A very cost-effective solution for the storage of hazardous materials is a COSHH store made from shipping containers. Our COSHH stores can be produced in a matter of weeks and delivered direct to your site. [...]

We will be closed from Friday December 21st 2018 reopening on Wednesday January 2nd 2019. We will be running a skeleton team on Christmas Eve, December 27, 28 and 31 who will be able to assist with enquiries although we may not be in a position to provide a full quotation as most of the depots and haulier’s we work with will be closed from December 21st through January 2nd. December 01st to 21st open as usual [...]

When you order a refurbished container from us it is possible to have the container supplied with the original cargo doors, providing we have spare doors in stock or are processing a container to produce refurbished units that only need flat panel doors. If you do specify a container with cargo doors, please note that these may come with 3 or 4 locking rods depending on the manufacturer. Some ranges of one trip (new) container [...]

The International Maritime Organisation’s new ruling on the use of low-sulphur fuels comes into force on January 2, 2020. This new ruling reduces the sulphur content of marine fuel to 0.5% mass by mass (m/m), down from the current 3.5% m/m. See full press briefing on International Maritime Organization's website. The new ruling is meant to reduce pollution and protect the environment in shipping lanes by reducing sulphur oxides. Primarily, the really bad areas for [...]

Nationwide Containers in the UK From our network of nationwide container depots we deliver shipping containers direct to you. Budget Shipping Containers has an excellent track record for providing customers with a full range of shipping containers spanning new, used and refurbished shipping containers. In addition to standard shipping containers, through our nationwide container depots, we can also covert containers to meet your exacting requirements including chemical stores, site offices, welfare units and much more. [...]

Update July 2019: These scam sites are still in operation, but as soon as one is taken down a new one pops up. We've recently found shippingcontainerscams.com which appears to track and report these scam sites. Please feel free to check their site to make sure you haven't got a quote from a suspect company before purchasing, but as new sites are popping up all the time, please also follow the guidance here to double [...]