20Ft X 8Ft Used Cargo-Worthy Dry Van

Description

Sitting one rung above wind and watertight, cargo-worthy promises more than dry and solid. The unit has been through survey and holds current CSC plating — the certificate that separates a box which can only stand still from one that can be loaded again and shipped internationally. This dry van is genuine ex-shipping-line 20ft stock at that grade, finished in red, over a 28 mm marine plywood floor.

Specifications

• External: 6.06 × 2.44 × 2.59 m (19 ft 11 in × 8 ft 0 in × 8 ft 6 in)
• Internal: 5.84 × 2.35 × 2.39 m (19 ft 2 in × 7 ft 9 in × 7 ft 10 in)
• Door opening: 2.34 × 2.28 m (7 ft 8 in × 7 ft 6 in)
• Weight empty: 2,200 kg (4,850 lb)
• Floor: 28 mm (1.1 in) marine plywood on steel cross members

Grade and build

• Cargo-worthy grade — surveyed and CSC plated
• Genuine ex-shipping-line stock
• Structurally sound, wind and watertight
• Cor-Ten weathering steel construction
• Two locking bars on each door leaf
• Two forklift pockets per side
• Vents fitted to limit condensation
• A step above wind-and-watertight; a step below one-trip

When cargo-worthy is worth the premium, and when it is not

There are two reasons to pay for this grade. The obvious one is that you actually intend to move the container with goods inside it — a unit sold only as wind and watertight cannot be used that way. The less obvious one is that a cargo-worthy survey sets a higher bar for the frame, corner castings and door gear than a storage-grade unit has to meet, making it the tightest structural standard available in a used box.

The honest counterpoint: if the container never leaves your yard, you are paying for certification you will not use. A standard used 20ft does the storage job for less, and we would rather say so now than after delivery.

Condition to expect

• Being ex-fleet steel, surface rust, earlier repairs, patched paint and old line markings are all perfectly ordinary, and none of them changes the grade
• Structurally sound and wind and watertight, on a 28 mm marine plywood floor over steel cross members
• Cor-Ten steel throughout, with two locking bars per door and fitted vents
• Two forklift pockets per side for repositioning around a yard without a crane

Delivery, siting and cover

Delivery is free across the UK, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey included, and the price shown is the total payable — no VAT is added at checkout. At 2,200 kg empty it arrives on a tilt-bed and slides off under gravity, so the pitch needs firm, level ground and roughly 20 metres of straight approach behind the drop point. Leave door-swing clearance at the door end. Where the ground rules a tilt-bed out and a crane offload is the only option, that must be agreed in writing before delivery.

Cover: as a cargo-worthy unit this container is covered for three months from delivery — wind and watertight, structurally sound. The 12-month term applies to new and one-trip stock, not to this grade. Separately from that, you have 14 days to change your mind under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, and a 30-day right to reject the goods if they are faulty under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.

Which grade, which size

Our container condition guide is the place to start when cargo-worthy, one-trip and plain used stock are all in the running, since it lays out the promise attached to each. Twice the floor area at the same grade means the 40ft used cargo-worthy dry van. If the box will be set down and left there permanently, certification is money you will not use, and a 20ft used wind and watertight container comes in cheaper; a 20ft one-trip container, at the other extreme, buys the near-new look. Everything we hold sits under shipping containers.