Used standard 40-foot containers

Despite high reliability and durability of 40-foot containers, they are gradually losing their performance. Typically, failure occurs due to improper fixing or external mechanical impact during transportation. If they are impossible to be repaired, they are decommissioned and transferred into used.

Often after the sale used 40-foot containers (=76 cube sea containers) can be applied for land transportation by truck or by railway for long. Their significant safety margin inherent in the design and manufacture of shipping containers, allows using them for unlimited time after decommission.

Variants of application of used 40-foot containers

• 1. To buy a used container of 40 feet for storage means to save not only money, but time on its improvement. Immediately after the acquisition, the buyer receives from 67 to 76 cubes well protected from moisture, dust;
• 2. Today there are many projects of conversion of used 40-foot containers into cottages and even mobile high-rise dormitory. Their important advantage is the possibility of rapid assembly and disassembly;
• 3. It is possible to buy a used container of 40-feet cheaply for the conversion into a retail outlet. Here you can save money considerably, selecting the right container with the need to cut large windows and a door;
• 4. Having mounted a power plant, pump or process equipment in such container, it is possible to provide temporary communities or remote site with all necessary. It is very important that used 40-foot railway containers can be transported by any transport and easily assembled on site.

How to choose a used 40-foot container

The choice depends on the intended use case, but there are some general recommendations:

• • Maximum preservation of external and internal protective coatings is desirable;
• • The integrity of the roof should be checked;
• • The state of the seals on the door characterizes the conditions of the previous operation;
• • It is better to choose a product with pronounced defects, it will save you from bad surprise in the future;
• • Wooden floors must not be rotten.