Shipping containers give an abundant delivery options. Let’s consider the features of containers.

• These containers are not usually internally lined.
• Fork-lift pockets are generally available for help in moving the container.
• Floors are usually made up of either marine grade plywood sheets or longitudinal hardwood planks.

The containers come in two major varieties: storage use and shipping use only. Storage containers, which are second-hand, cannot be utilised for shipping. On other hand, shipping containers are as new, and totally comply with ISO and CSC regulations. Of course, they can also be used for storage purposes also, if required.

You can check about new as well as second-hand containers fore rent/hire/buy purpose. Containers are usually supplied either in the original colour or can be repainted to your specifications. The idea is to customise them. Several domestic customers also get their containers repainted for minimising the harmful environmental impact, if any, and blend into their surroundings to the best extent possible.

All marine freight containers are so designed that they sit on the four square castings perfectly and precisely – in each corner. It is highly recommended that containers are seated on hard standing ideally, where possible. Concrete bases are recommended to be installed at each corner location for soft ground usage.

Alternatively each end can be placed on an 8′ railway sleeper or similar sturdy support. It’s vital to ensure the container sits level opposite – corner to corner – to prevent the frame twisting, when positioning. This can make the doors difficult to open and shut.

Once you leave the job to us, you can be rest assured of quality and efficiency thanks to our delivering vehicles operators who are highly experienced and skilled at positioning containers precisely.

What makes containers a perfect transportation tool is their immense versatility that lies in their diverse usage. A container can conveniently be converted for including not only changing rooms and mess rooms but also fully fitted offices, laboratories and full-fledged workshops, just to name a few. Isn’t that amazing?

Just to convince you, we have incorporated in our website some exclusive photos of some elaborate conversions undertaken within our own facilities. In addition to this, there are some high specification modifications, which we’ve undertaken in recent times for many of our esteemed customers. You can get an idea of the jobs done by going through the relevant web pages that display the images of a refrigerated container at 43′ in length – fitted with a checker plate flat stainless steel floor, lights, and a side inspection hatch. You will realise that the container is fitted in a secured manner with a brand new diesel/electric refrigeration machine. It can be run without any connection to an external power supply.

You can also take a look at some liquid tank containers – converted for fuel oil storage – to be used within the arctic circle. They were fully insulated for protecting the contents from freezing at extremely low temperatures. As you probably realise, it helps to approach an experienced container specialist for your requirements. Thankfully, you have come to the right resource of storage container hire or sale.

Containers offer complete safety and security of the goods in transit. Dry storage containers made from high quality steel are impenetrable and totally safe.
What makes containers foolproof?

• Containers come with an extensive range of locking devices, which make them totally secure.
• There is also a wide array of security seals available to check if an effort has been made to or disturb the load or damage the container.
• Containers provide high levels of protection from weather fluctuations and any unfavourable environmental conditions.
• An optional steel lock protection box, if required, can be fitted to the doors for improved and increased security.

Dry containers, as the name suggests, are used for a wide range of goods and products, which need dry conditions. They are perfect for storing and carrying general products. Supplied in a clean, weatherproof condition, their doors – as mentioned above – are lockable. They can also be used for international shipment. Before you confirm your purchase, check whether the containers comply with full ISO / CSC regulations.

However, you need not harbour any doubts about the safety and security of your precious products since you have come to the right place for your sales/hire requirements of any type of container to suit your needs.

The early 20th century witnessed the adoption of closed type container boxes designed for movement between rail and road. Railroads on several continents by the 1830s were already carrying containers, which could be transferred to ships or trucks. These early containers were far smaller by today’s standards.

The Chicago Great Western Railway & then the New Haven Railroad started a ‘piggy-back’ service (transportation of highway freight trailers on flatcars) in the mid-1930s. It was restricted to their own railroads. By 1953, the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, the CB&Q, and the Southern Pacific railroads had become part of the container industry innovation.

Once the U.S. Dept. of Defense chose to standardise an 8′x8′ cross section container in multiples of 10′ lengths for military usage, it was rather rapidly adopted for shipping purposes. These standards were adopted in the UK for containers and soon displaced the older wooden containers in the 1950s.

The first vessels purpose-built for carrying containers started operation in Denmark in 1951. Ships started carrying containers between Alaska and Seattle in 1951.

The global standardisation of containers as well as container handling equipment was one of the most significant innovations witnessed in the 20th century logistics.

Originally utilised for shipping coal on & off barges, ‘loose boxes’ were employed to containerise coal from the late 1780s, on places, such as the Bridgewater Canal. Iron as well as wooden boxes became prevalent by the 1840′s.

In the UK, many railway firms were making use of similar containers by the beginning of the 20th century. The Railway Clearing House in the 1920s standardised the RCH container. Five or ten foot long, wooden and non-stackable, these early standard containers received a great response and success, but the standard remained UK-specific.

From 1926 to around 1947, the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railway in the US carried motor carrier vehicles & shippers’ vehicles loaded on flatcars between Wisconsin, Milwaukee & Chicago, Illinois. In 1929, Seatrain Lines started carrying railroad boxcars on its sea vessels for transporting goods between New York & Cuba.