45‑ft High Cube Shipping Container – Bold Blue Finish

Description

A one-trip 45ft high cube container finished in a bold blue industrial coating. The appeal of this length is specific: it adds roughly 1.5 m of usable floor over a 40ft high cube without changing the width, the corner castings or the way the box is lifted, so a 45ft shell sites and craned-handles like the 40ft everyone is used to. For conversions that need an unusually long uninterrupted run of floor — a gym, a studio, a linear workshop — that extra length is often what makes the layout work.

Dimensions

• External: 13.72 × 2.44 × 2.90 m (45 ft 0 in × 8 ft 0 in × 9 ft 6 in)
• Internal: approximately 13.51 × 2.34 × 2.69 m (44 ft 4 in × 7 ft 8 in × 8 ft 10 in)
• Door opening: double doors at one end, approximately 2.34 m wide

Build and specification

• Corten steel frame and wall panels
• 14-gauge roof and 16-gauge side panels
• Marine-grade plywood floor for heavy traffic and point loads
• Heavy-duty locking gear with rubber seals around the doors
• Industrial-grade UV and corrosion-resistant blue coating
• Standard corner castings for cranes and twist locks
• One-trip grade: no dents, no rust and no structural wear

Why the blue finish is worth paying attention to

Colour is usually treated as cosmetic on a container; on a conversion it is a cost line. A factory-applied industrial blue is a sound base for vinyl signage and holds up far better outdoors than a yard respray, but it is a dark coat — if you later want a pale house colour you will be fighting it, and that means primer and two top coats rather than one. Decide early. If the unit is going to carry branding, ask us about the finish before it ships rather than after.

What people build in a 45ft

Domestic and commercial storage where a single large unit beats two smaller ones. Mobile workshops with machinery down one wall and a clear working aisle. Custom conversions — offices, cafés, studios, gyms, retail units — where the length gives room to separate functions without partitioning into cells. Additional doors, roller shutters, vents, insulation, lining, wiring and graphics can all be specified before delivery.

Delivery, siting and cover

Delivery is free anywhere in the UK, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey included, and there is no VAT added at checkout — the price on this page is what you pay. Length is the whole siting problem here: a 45ft unit needs a longer, straighter approach than a 40ft, generous room for the vehicle to line up and reverse, and firm bearing under all four corners so the doors stay square. Where a crane or HIAB offload is required, that is agreed in writing before delivery. As a one-trip unit it carries 12 months of cover against structural defects and water ingress, and separately you keep 14 days to change your mind under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 and 30 days to reject the goods if they are faulty under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.

Related units

In the same length it is worth pricing the 45ft high cube shipping container. Where budget outweighs condition, two cheaper routes are the 45ft HC used cargo worthy container and the 45ft steel shipping containers. Every taller shell we stock is listed under high cube containers, and see the condition guide for what one-trip grade covers.