Used, SOC and one-way container resale in Denmark

Two places, two questions

A container in Aarhus and a container in Copenhagen are far apart by road. We compare requests by the real distance between places, not by the country field, and we tell the person reviewing the match exactly how far apart the two sides are.

Areas we cover

Aarhus has its own page with sourced port context. Copenhagen has one as well, but it is kept out of search indexes for now because the sources describe a terminal move and we have not confirmed its current state. Other Danish locations are handled on request: name the place in the form and we will say whether we can help.

Selling from Denmark

Owners, forwarders and NVOCCs can report used, one-way, SOC, off-hire or damaged containers standing in Denmark or due there. Give the type, the quantity and the release date. Denmark has kept its own currency, so price expectations, if you have any, are simply written down in whichever currency you use.

Buying in Denmark

Traders, storage users and conversion companies register a container type, a quantity range and whether the need repeats. We contact you when a concrete lot could fit, never with a generic list.

• Denmark has been an EU member state since 1 January 1973 and in Schengen since 25 March 2001; it has negotiated an opt-out from the euro (EU country profile).

Sources: european-union.europa.eu · verified 2026-09-29

• According to the Port of Aarhus (release of 15 February 2026), 843,665 TEU were handled at its container terminal in 2025, nearly 28 percent more than in 2024.
• According to the Port of Aarhus, its container terminal is operated by APM Terminals.
• The Port of Aarhus describes itself as Denmark's largest container port, with a market share of over 70 percent of the Danish container market.
• According to the Port of Aarhus (25 September 2024), Terminal Investment Limited (TiL), MSC Group's terminal operator, will lease about 170,000 square metres in the planned Omniterminal to run its own container terminal; the Omniterminal was expected to be completed by 2027.
• The Port of Aarhus states that its terminal cranes achieve more container lifts per crane hour than many of the major container ports in Europe and the rest of the world.
• According to Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP), its Copenhagen terminals are located in Københavns Nordhavn and Prøvestenen.
• CMP describes its Copenhagen container terminal as a vital hub in the supply chain moving through the Øresund region.
• According to a CMP news release of 24 June 2025, the Copenhagen container terminal handled over 49,100 TEU in the first five months of 2025.
• According to a CMP news item of 24 April 2025, five of CMP's eight new straddle carriers had been moved to the new container terminal in Ydre Nordhavn.
• According to CMP's project page (undated), a 133,000 square metre container terminal was taking shape in Copenhagen, with operation expected in winter 2025/2026.
• According to a CMP announcement of 8 July 2021, the planned new Copenhagen container terminal would have a quay length of up to 550 metres, a water depth down to 12.5 metres and two new container cranes.

Sources: portofaarhus.dk · portofaarhus.dk · portofaarhus.dk · cmport.com · news.cmport.com · nyheder.cmport.com · cmport.com · news.cmport.com · verified 2026-09-29

• Dry containers (20DC / 40DC / 40HC): on request — tell us what you have or need in Denmark and we will say honestly whether we can help.
• Damaged / AS-IS units: on request — tell us what you have or need in Denmark and we will say honestly whether we can help.
• Reefer: on request — tell us what you have or need in Denmark and we will say honestly whether we can help.
• Open top / flat rack: on request — tell us what you have or need in Denmark and we will say honestly whether we can help.
• Tank: on request — tell us what you have or need in Denmark and we will say honestly whether we can help.
• We are also extending into further equipment and service categories. Tell us what you have or need if you do not see it above — we will say honestly whether we can help.