Selling and sourcing used containers in Italy

Areas we cover

Genoa has its own page with sourced port context. Other Italian ports and inland sites are handled on request: name the place in the form and we will say whether we can help there.

Which boxes can be placed

A container that is only passing through Italy on a ship is not for sale here. A container that is delivered to an Italian consignee, or emptied in Italy, may be. So we ask owners whether their equipment is gateway or transhipment cargo.

Owners and buyers

Owners, importers and NVOCCs report used, one-way, SOC, off-hire or damaged containers with type, quantity and release date. Business buyers register a type, a quantity range and how far they can collect. Italy is long, so we compare real distances between places.

Euro and customs

Italy uses the euro and lies in the EU customs territory. A lot arriving from outside the EU needs a clear customs position before resale; you and your agent settle that.

• Italy has been an EU member state since 1 January 1958, in the euro area since 1 January 1999 and in Schengen since 26 October 1997 (EU country profile).

Sources: european-union.europa.eu · verified 2026-09-30

• According to the Ports of Genoa port system authority (4 February 2026), container throughput totalled 2,999,486 TEU in 2025, 6.3% more than in 2024.
• According to the Ports of Genoa (4 February 2026), gateway traffic in 2025 was 1,919,700 TEU of full import and export containers, and transhipment was 547,790 TEU, up 31.5%.
• According to the Ports of Genoa, the PSA Genova Pra' terminal has a 1,675 m quay with 15 m depth on a total area of 1,160,000 sqm.
• According to the Ports of Genoa, the PSA Genova Pra' terminal has 12 quay cranes, 4 berths for full-container vessels and 978 reefer plugs.
• According to the Ports of Genoa, the Pra' terminal is connected to the Genoa Voltri (RFI) freight interchange station by a double-track link, and its rail facilities have eight tracks of 1,200 to 1,320 metres plus one of 660 metres.
• According to Terminal Darsena Toscana (page undated), the terminal began operating on 1 January 1997 and has a stated capacity of approximately 900,000 TEU.
• According to Terminal Darsena Toscana (page undated), the terminal area is 389,000 m2, the quay is 1,430 m long and the quay depth is 13.00 m.
• According to Terminal Darsena Toscana (page undated), the terminal has 6 quay cranes, 13 rubber-tyred gantry cranes and 13 reach stackers.
• According to Terminal Darsena Toscana (page undated), the terminal has had a direct connection to the Tyrrhenian railway line since December 2016, with a rail track of 1,350 m (3 x 450 m).
• According to Terminal Darsena Toscana (page undated), its reefer area covers 17,900 m2 with 890 reefer plugs.
• According to Terminal Container Ravenna (page undated), the terminal has a stated handling capacity of 380,000 TEU on a terminal area of 250,000 m2.
• According to Terminal Container Ravenna (page undated), the quay is 670 m long with a water depth of 11.5 m.
• According to Terminal Container Ravenna (page undated), the terminal has 4 gantry quay cranes, 5 rail-mounted gantry cranes and 7 reach stackers.
• According to Terminal Container Ravenna (page undated), the terminal has 5 railroad tracks of 420 m each.
• According to Terminal Container Ravenna (page undated), the terminal has 280 reefer plugs.
• Terminal Container Ravenna lists empty storage and a repair workshop among its services, together with inspections and VGM weighing (page undated).
• According to the Port System Authority of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas, Gioia Tauro is the largest terminal for transhipment in Italy and one of the most important container hubs in the Mediterranean (page undated).
• According to the port authority, the port district covers 440 hectares excluding water, with a channel of 180 hectares of water surface (page undated).
• According to the port authority, the container terminal is run by MedCenter Container Terminal S.p.A. and has about 3,400 metres of quays (page undated).
• According to the port authority, the terminal has twenty-two quay cranes, three post-panamax and nineteen super post-panamax (page undated).
• The Port System Authority of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas was established on 18 June 2021 and has jurisdiction over Gioia Tauro, Crotone, Corigliano Calabro, Palmi and Vibo Valentia (port authority page, undated).

Sources: portsofgenoa.com · portsofgenoa.com · portsofgenoa.com · tdt.it · tcravenna.it · portodigioiatauro.it · verified 2026-10-01

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