Hungary · container resale
Selling and sourcing used containers in Hungary
Hungary lies on the Danube and is also a country that kept its own currency: the forint remains legal tender and the euro is still a plan. For anyone reporting a container here, the practical consequence is that two parties may not even speak in the same money.
Budapest as the named location
Budapest has its own page with sourced terminal context. Any other Hungarian town can be named in the form, and we will tell you whether a request there is something we can take.
Currency is for the parties to settle
We publish and fix no price. If a seller thinks in forint and a buyer in euro, that is theirs to agree and write down. What the reviewer checks is that a request is specific: type, quantity, condition, and when and where a unit can be released.
A landlocked match
With no sea port of its own, Hungary often sees lots that stand beyond its borders. A Hungarian buyer may be matched with a unit in a neighbouring country, and the reviewer states the distance rather than leaving it to guesswork.
Verified country context
Hungary: sourced background
- Hungary has been an EU member state since 1 May 2004 and in Schengen since 21 December 2007; its currency is still the forint (EU country profile).
Sources: european-union.europa.eu · verified 2026-10-01
Verified port context
Gateway context: Budapest
- According to MAHART Container Center, container handling at its Budapest Freeport site dates back to 1969 and the company has operated independently since 1998 (page undated).
- According to MAHART Container Center, its terminal handled 86,100 containers (134,800 TEU) in 2013; this figure is from an undated page and is not a current volume.
- According to MAHART Container Center's equipment page (undated), the terminal has a total area of 12.7 ha, of which 10.9 ha is storage area.
- According to MAHART Container Center (page undated), the terminal states a theoretical handling capacity of 240,000 TEU a year and a storage capacity of 7,200 TEU for loaded and empty containers.
- According to MAHART Container Center (page undated), its equipment includes one 30-tonne container bridge crane, six Kalmar reach stackers and four Kalmar empty-container handlers.
- According to MAHART Container Center (page undated), the terminal has loading tracks of 2 x 690 m and 3 x 300 m and a 220 m quay wall on the Danube, and describes itself as a trimodal hub for rail, barge and road.
- According to MAHART Container Center (page undated), the terminal lists a repair workshop, a store for dangerous goods (ADR/RID) containers, a customs inspection area and 74 electrical connections for reefers.
Sources: containercenter.hu · containercenter.hu · verified 2026-10-01
Equipment
What you can submit for Hungary
- Dry containers (20DC / 40DC / 40HC): on request — tell us what you have or need in Hungary and we will say honestly whether we can help.
- Damaged / AS-IS units: on request — tell us what you have or need in Hungary and we will say honestly whether we can help.
- Reefer: on request — tell us what you have or need in Hungary and we will say honestly whether we can help.
- Open top / flat rack: on request — tell us what you have or need in Hungary and we will say honestly whether we can help.
- Tank: on request — tell us what you have or need in Hungary 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.
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