Budapest · Hungary
Used containers at Budapest: a neutral terminal on Csepel island
MAHART Container Center describes itself as a neutral, Hungarian-owned terminal on the Danube, where container handling on the site goes back to 1969. The terminal's own pages, several of them undated, list equipment down to the number of reach stackers, which makes this a place that can be described precisely.
Rail, barge and road on one site
The terminal calls itself a trimodal hub and lists loading tracks of 690 and 300 metres and a quay wall on the Danube. A lot here can in principle move by any of the three modes. Which one is used is agreed per deal, with the parties, not by us.
Empties and repairs
The terminal lists four handlers built for empty containers, a repair workshop and a customs inspection area, as well as a store for dangerous goods containers. It states storage for 7,200 TEU, loaded and empty. We do not run any of this; we ask where a lot stands and in what condition.
Figures to read with care
The 2013 volume on the terminal's history page is more than ten years old and the equipment page is undated, so we show both as the operator's statements and not as current traffic. A buyer should ask the owner for dated details of the actual lot.
Owners and buyers in Hungary
Owners name type, quantity and the date a unit can be released. Buyers in and around Budapest register what they need and how far they can collect. A lot is shared only when it is a concrete match and the owner has agreed.
Verified port facts
About the port of 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
Container terminals named by the sources above: MAHART Container Center, Csepel. LATYNEX does not represent any terminal.
Equipment
What you can submit for Budapest
- Dry containers (20DC / 40DC / 40HC): on request — tell us what you have or need in Budapest and we will say honestly whether we can help.
- Damaged / AS-IS units: on request — tell us what you have or need in Budapest and we will say honestly whether we can help.
- Reefer: on request — tell us what you have or need in Budapest and we will say honestly whether we can help.
- Open top / flat rack: on request — tell us what you have or need in Budapest and we will say honestly whether we can help.
- Tank: on request — tell us what you have or need in Budapest 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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Budapest: questions we hear
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