New or one-trip shipping containers cross the sea from China and are available for purchase in RSA. There used to be two factories in South Africa that made new containers, but unfortunately didn’t survive. This has been a world-wide phenomenon with most shipping containers now manufactured in China.
Secondhand containers are a hot commodity when they reach the end of their shipping life. In South Africa there is an informal grading system which attempts to catogorise these containers according to their cosmetic appearance. Unfortunately this is not very scientific and is not consistent across suppliers.
Above is an example of a good B Grade container.
WIND & WATERTIGHT
CERTIFICATE AWAY FROM BEING SHIPPING WORTHY
SECURE STORAGE
EASE OF TRANSPORT
ROBUSTNESS
VALUE
EXTERIOR
Length 6.096m / 12.190m
Width 2.438m
Height 2.591m / 2.896m
INTERIOR
Length 5.758m / 12.032m
Width 2.352m
Height 2.385m / 2.650m
DOOR
Width 2.28m
Height 2.28m / 2.56m
TARE
2350kgs / 3930kgs
LOAD
24 250kgs / 28 800kgs
EXTERIOR
Length 6.096m / 12.190m
Width 2.438m
Height 2.591m
INTERIOR
Length 5.919m / 12.080m
Width 2.340m / 2.42m
Height 2.286m / 2.103m
DOOR
Width 2.223m
Height Removable Header
TARE
2177kgs / 4300kgs
LOAD
21 823kgs / 28 280kgs
EXTERIOR
Length 6.096m / 12.190m
Width 2.438m
Height 2.591m
INTERIOR
Length 5.935m / 12.080m
Width 2.398m / 2.42m
Height 2.327m / 2.103m
TARE
2560kgs / 5480kgs
LOAD
21 440kgs / 25 000kgs
EXTERIOR
Length 6.096m / 12.190m
Width 2.438m
Height 2.591m
INTERIOR
Length 5.534m / 11.563m
Width 2.316m / 2.286m
Height 2.331m / 2.532m
TARE
3030kgs / 4360kgs
LOAD
22 111kgs / 26 120kgs
The containers we supply are wind and watertight and are a certificate away from being shipping worthy.
We offer shipping containers either new or used, for sale and for rent.
Shipping containers offer:
SHIPPING CONTAINER BROCHURE