Buy a 10ft Shipping Container – One-Trip Blue (Unit 3)
Planning to buy a 10ft shipping container? This is the third blue one-trip unit in stock, reference 2591. Three identical units in the yard means orders ship on the next truck, not the next vessel. The container carried a single cargo load on its voyage to Australia and arrives in as-new condition — Cor-Ten steel, factory lockbox, and a clean 28 mm marine ply floor.
New, Used, or Cut-Down — the Price Logic
The 10ft market runs in three tiers. One-trip units like this one cost the most and give the longest service life, a residue-free interior, and a lockbox from day one. Cargo worthy used units save roughly four hundred dollars and trade cosmetic condition for it. Cut-down 10-footers — converted from larger used boxes — sit cheapest of all, but they lack the factory corner castings of a purpose-built unit. Therefore, buy on service life: anything past five years of use favours one-trip economics.
What You Get on a One-Trip
- CSC plated — 10.1 tonne max gross weight
- All Cor-Ten steel construction
- Hinged double doors with two locking bars each
- Factory fitted lockbox — padlock shielded from bolt cutters
- 28 mm marine plywood floor on steel cross-members
- 4 forklift pockets — repositionable by forklift on site
- Minimum 2 passive vents — cuts condensation
- Also available in green
Dimensions
| External Length | 2,991 mm | 9′ 10″ |
| External Width | 2,440 mm | 8′ |
| External Height | 2,590 mm | 8′ 6″ |
| Internal Length | 2,840 mm | 9′ 4″ |
| Internal Width | 2,350 mm | 7′ 8″ |
| Internal Height | 2,390 mm | 7′ 10″ |
| Door Opening | 2,340 mm W x 2,280 mm H | 7′ 8″ x 7′ 5″ |
| Tare Weight | 1,300 kg | — |
The unit is built to ISO 668 dimensions, so any container transporter or forklift with 10ft tines handles it without special gear.
Siting It Right
Before the unit lands, pick a level position with drainage away from the door end. Leave an airflow gap if it sits against a fence or wall — the vents work best with air moving past them. Additionally, check your council’s rules on containers in residential zones; most allow them, some require placement behind the building line.
Comparing all three grades side by side? Browse the full 8ft and 10ft container range, including bunded stores and cut-down units.
