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.




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