Grey New build 20ft Shipping Container

Description

A grey new-build 20ft shipping container that has completed a single voyage at sea, as opposed to the many years of service behind every other used grade. If you are buying on quality and life expectancy rather than on price alone, this is the specification that lasts: the steel is effectively new, and a container that starts from new steel will outlast a decade-old shell by a wide margin.

Dimensions

• External: 6.06 × 2.44 × 2.59 m (19 ft 10 in × 8 ft 0 in × 8 ft 6 in)
• Internal: 5.90 × 2.35 × 2.39 m (19 ft 4 in × 7 ft 9 in × 7 ft 10 in)
• Door opening: 2.34 m wide × 2.28 m high (7 ft 8 in × 7 ft 6 in)
• Tare weight: approximately 2,200 kg

Specification

• Newly built, one voyage at sea only
• Laminated floor, harder wearing and easier to sweep out than standard plywood
• Additional vents beyond the usual specification
• Single locking bar on the right-hand door
• Security lockbox fitted
• Uniform grey exterior that takes signage or a later respray cleanly

Be realistic about “new”

These containers are newly built, but they have carried cargo on a single voyage, and that shows in small ways. Expect a small amount of non-transferable marking inside, and external marks from the handling equipment at the ports — a container is lifted by spreader and stacked against others at least twice on its way here.

None of that affects the structure, the seals or the life expectancy, and it is the reason the price sits well below a container that has never sailed. What you should not expect is a factory-perfect finish. If the container is going somewhere that demands one, the honest answer is that you need a new-build unit that has not shipped, and it will cost considerably more.

Why grey is a practical choice

A uniform grey exterior is the most forgiving base colour on the market. It takes vinyl signage and printed graphics cleanly, it does not fight a later overspray the way a dark blue or a strong red does, and it weathers to something acceptable rather than something patchy. For anyone intending to brand the container or repaint it to match a building, starting from grey saves a coat.

Delivery, siting and cover

Delivery is free anywhere in the UK, including Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey, and the price shown is the total payable — no VAT is added at checkout. At roughly 2,200 kg it comes in on a tilt-bed, which needs firm, level ground and a clear straight approach of about three times the container length, plus overhead clearance while the bed is raised. Where the site will not allow that, HIAB or crane offload is agreed in writing before delivery. We estimate 7 to 10 days from cleared payment, offered in good faith rather than as a fixed date.

As a single-voyage unit it carries our 12-month warranty against structural defects and water ingress, covering the roof, panels, underframe, door gear and floor structure, and the integrity of the paint system excluding fair weathering. Separately from that warranty, you have 14 days to change your mind under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 and a distinct 30-day right to reject the goods if they are faulty.

Similar single-voyage containers

Grey not the colour you had in mind? That same single-voyage build is offered in ivory, listed as the 1-Trip 20ft Standard in RAL 1015, while there is also an enhanced 20ft standard container in a grey finish for anyone who wants a tidier presentation unit. The way one-trip and new-build stock is graded alongside used containers is explained in the condition guide; the rest of what we hold is in the shipping container category.