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Please read: This document is template wording prepared for BluePort Container’s use. It is not legal advice. It should be reviewed and, where necessary, amended by a qualified solicitor before it is relied upon. If anything here conflicts with your statutory rights, your statutory rights prevail.

Last updated: 28/07/2026.

Terms and Conditions

These terms govern the sale of shipping containers and related services by BluePort Container (“we”, “us”, “our”) to you, and your use of blueportcontainer.com. Please read them before ordering. By placing an order you accept these terms.

1. About us

BluePort Container is a trading name of Blue Container Storage Limited, registered in England & Wales, Company No. 09872244. Registered office: Suite 2 Mayden House, Long Bennington Business Park, Main Road, Long Bennington, Nottinghamshire, NG23 5DJ. Blue Container Storage Limited is the contracting party under these terms. Email info@blueportcontainer.com.

2. Definitions and who these terms apply to

  • Consumer means an individual acting wholly or mainly outside their trade, business, craft or profession, as defined in the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
  • Business customer means anyone who is not a Consumer.
  • Goods means the containers and related items we supply.
  • Order means your offer to buy Goods from us.

Some clauses apply only to Consumers and some only to Business customers; these are marked. Where we sell to a Business customer, these terms apply to the exclusion of any terms the Business customer seeks to impose, and any purchase order conditions are of no effect unless we agree to them in writing.

3. How a contract is formed

  1. Our website listings and quotations are an invitation to treat, not an offer.
  2. Your order, whether placed through the website, by email or by telephone, is an offer to buy.
  3. Any acknowledgement of order is confirmation of receipt only and does not form a contract.
  4. A binding contract is formed when we send you an order confirmation or dispatch confirmation, or when we allocate specific stock to your order, whichever happens first.
  5. If we cannot accept your order — for example because stock has sold, a price was wrong, or delivery to your address is not viable — we will tell you and refund any payment in full.

4. Description of Goods

Containers are second-hand industrial units unless expressly sold as New/One-Trip. Photographs on the website are representative of the grade and are not photographs of the individual unit you will receive unless we state otherwise in writing. Dimensions and weights are approximate and are stated to industry tolerances. Colour, markings, previous owner liveries, patch repairs, dents and surface rust vary between units and are not defects where consistent with the grade sold. Our Condition Guide forms part of the description of the Goods.

5. Price and payment

  1. All prices are in pounds sterling and are the total payable. No VAT is added at checkout.
  2. Delivery within the United Kingdom is free of charge. The price quoted for the Goods is the delivered price.
  3. Quotations are valid for the period stated on them and are subject to stock remaining available.
  4. Payment in cleared funds is required before delivery, unless we have agreed credit terms in writing.
  5. Where credit terms apply, payment is due within the agreed period; we may charge statutory interest and compensation on late business payments under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.
  6. If an obvious pricing error occurs, we are not obliged to supply at the incorrect price and will contact you before proceeding.

Full details are in our Payment Policy.

6. Delivery

  1. Delivery dates are estimates given in good faith. Time is not of the essence unless we have agreed a fixed date in writing.
  2. You are responsible for ensuring safe, lawful and adequate access, a suitable base, and the presence of a responsible adult aged 18 or over to receive and sign for the Goods.
  3. Where a delivery is aborted because of matters within your control, our reasonable re-delivery and abortive charges apply.
  4. We may deliver in instalments where an order covers more than one container.
  5. Detailed operational requirements are set out in our Delivery Information and Delivery and Shipping Policy, which form part of these terms.

For Consumers, if we fail to deliver within 30 days of the contract, or within any other period agreed, you may treat the contract as at an end and receive a refund, in accordance with the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013.

7. Risk and title

  1. Risk in the Goods passes to you on delivery, or on collection if you collect.
  2. Title to the Goods does not pass until we have received payment in full of all sums due.
  3. Until title passes, you must store the Goods so that they remain identifiable as ours, must not modify or dispose of them, and must keep them insured. We may enter any premises where the Goods are kept to recover them if payment is overdue.

8. Cancellation and returns

Consumers. Where you contract with us at a distance or off-premises, the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 give you 14 days from the day you receive the Goods to cancel, subject to the exceptions in those Regulations, including goods made to your specification or clearly personalised. You must tell us clearly that you are cancelling and return the Goods within 14 days; you bear the cost of return, which for a shipping container is substantial and is quoted at the time. We may reduce your refund to reflect any diminished value caused by handling beyond what is necessary to establish the nature and condition of the Goods.

Business customers. Orders may only be cancelled with our written agreement, and we may charge our reasonable costs incurred, including haulage already committed and any restocking cost.

See our Returns Policy and Refund Policy for the process.

9. Faulty or misdescribed Goods

Consumers. The Consumer Rights Act 2015 requires that Goods are of satisfactory quality, fit for purpose and as described. Satisfactory quality for a second-hand industrial container is assessed against its age, price and stated grade. You have a 30-day short-term right to reject faulty Goods, and thereafter the right to repair or replacement, and to a price reduction or final right to reject if a repair or replacement is unsuccessful. Nothing in these terms limits those rights.

Business customers. You must inspect the Goods on delivery and notify us of any shortage, damage or misdescription within 7 days. Our liability is limited to repair, replacement or refund at our option. All warranties, conditions and other terms implied by statute or common law are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law, including under the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982.

See our Warranty Policy.

10. Your responsibilities regarding siting and use

  1. You are responsible for obtaining any planning permission, building regulations approval, landlord or freeholder consent, licence or other permission needed to site and use the container.
  2. You are responsible for ensuring the base is firm, level and adequate. We are not liable for damage to containers, doors or contents arising from an inadequate base.
  3. You are responsible for compliance with health and safety law on your site during delivery and thereafter.
  4. You must not use containers to store hazardous, illegal, perishable or dangerous goods except in compliance with all applicable law.

11. Liability

  1. Nothing in these terms excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, for breach of the terms implied by sections 12 to 15 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979, for Consumers’ statutory rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, or for any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.
  2. Consumers. We are responsible for loss or damage that is a foreseeable result of our breach. We are not responsible for losses that were not foreseeable, or for loss arising from your use of the Goods for a business purpose.
  3. Business customers. Subject to clause 11.1, we are not liable for loss of profit, loss of business, loss of contracts, loss of anticipated savings, loss of or damage to data, or any indirect or consequential loss; and our total liability in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise is limited to the price paid for the Goods giving rise to the claim.
  4. We are not liable for damage to driveways, verges, drains, services, paving or landscaping arising from delivery vehicles accessing a site at your direction, where the route was represented as suitable.

12. Events beyond our control

We are not liable for delay or failure to perform caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including severe weather, flooding, industrial action, port congestion, road closures, ferry cancellations, fire, epidemic, war, acts of government, failures of public infrastructure, or shortage of vehicles or drivers. We will notify you and, where the delay is substantial, you may cancel and receive a refund for undelivered Goods.

13. Website use

Your use of this website is subject to our Website Use Policy, our Privacy Policy and our Cookie Policy. All content on the site is owned by or licensed to us and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights.

14. Complaints and dispute resolution

Please contact us first at info@blueportcontainer.com. We aim to acknowledge complaints within two working days and resolve them within ten. If we cannot resolve matters, Consumers may be able to use an alternative dispute resolution scheme; we will tell you if one is available and whether we agree to use it. This does not affect your right to bring court proceedings.

15. General

  1. Third party rights. A person who is not a party to the contract has no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
  2. Assignment. You may not transfer your rights or obligations without our written consent. We may assign or subcontract our obligations, provided this does not affect your rights.
  3. Severance. If any provision is found unlawful or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in force.
  4. Waiver. A delay in enforcing these terms is not a waiver of our rights.
  5. Entire agreement. These terms, together with the quotation, order confirmation and referenced policies, form the entire agreement between us for Business customers.
  6. Changes. We may change these terms from time to time. The version in force at the date of your order applies to that order.

16. Governing law and jurisdiction

These terms and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them, their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction, save that if you are a Consumer resident in Scotland or Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in the courts of your home jurisdiction.

Contact us about this policy

BluePort Container, a trading name of Blue Container Storage Limited
Suite 2 Mayden House, Long Bennington Business Park, Main Road, Long Bennington, Nottinghamshire, NG23 5DJ, England
Company No. 09872244 (registered in England and Wales)
Email: info@blueportcontainer.com