Used containers at Duisburg: selling and sourcing at the largest inland port

Ten terminals, one port company

duisport lists ten container terminals and names the Duisburg Gateway Terminal and the Duisburg Intermodal Terminal among them. A lot must be tied to one of them. We do not act for the port company or any terminal; we ask which one and when the box is released.

Trains rather than ships

The port says more than 25,000 trains and 20,000 ships are handled each year, and that its terminals offer over 400 intermodal train connections a week. An owner who reports a lot here should say how it arrived and how it can leave, because a train timetable is stricter than a ship's.

Owners and buyers in the Ruhr

Owners report one-way, SOC, off-hire, used or damaged containers with quantity and release date. Storage users, builders and traders in North Rhine-Westphalia register a type, a quantity range and how far they can collect. A lot is shared only when it is a concrete match and its owner has agreed.

The sea ports behind it

Rotterdam and Antwerp have their own pages, and many boxes reach Duisburg from them. Our matching compares real distances, so a request naming Duisburg can be set against a lot at either of them, and the reviewer sees both the distance and the reason.

• duisport describes itself as the world's largest inland port (page undated).
• According to duisport, it comprises 21 port basins, 10 container terminals and about 200 kilometres of its own rail network (page undated).
• According to duisport, more than 20,000 ships and 25,000 trains are handled each year (page undated).
• According to duisport, annual throughput is over 100 million tonnes of cargo and around four million TEU (page undated).
• According to duisport's terminals page (undated), the terminals offer over 400 intermodal train connections per week to 100 national and international destinations.

Sources: duisport.de · duisport.de · verified 2026-09-30

• Dry containers (20DC / 40DC / 40HC): on request — tell us what you have or need in Duisburg and we will say honestly whether we can help.
• Damaged / AS-IS units: on request — tell us what you have or need in Duisburg and we will say honestly whether we can help.
• Reefer: on request — tell us what you have or need in Duisburg and we will say honestly whether we can help.
• Open top / flat rack: on request — tell us what you have or need in Duisburg and we will say honestly whether we can help.
• Tank: on request — tell us what you have or need in Duisburg 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.