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Off-hire and surplus containers: offer your units to selected buyers
Units that come off hire, finish a project or leave the fleet are easier to place when they are described accurately. Tell us what you have and in what condition, and we look for a buyer who wants exactly that.
At a glance
Equipment and grades we work with
- 20GP / 20DV standard dry containers.
- 40GP / 40DC standard dry containers.
- 40HC / 40HQ high cube containers.
- Other equipment such as reefers, open tops and flat racks, case by case.
- CW: cargo-worthy, fit to carry cargo regularly.
- WWT: wind and watertight, sound for static storage.
- As is: sold in the condition it stands in.
- Damaged: only when the damage is described plainly, never sold as CW.
Where surplus comes from
A lease ends and the units return to a depot far from any demand. A carrier or NVOCC finishes a contract and holds boxes it will not reuse. A trader or depot has equipment that has stood too long. A fleet manager retires older units on a schedule. Each of these produces equipment that is useful to somebody in the region, if that somebody can be found.
The audience for this page is the people who handle that equipment every day: leasing desks, NVOCC operators, depot-linked suppliers and traders who need to move units on.
Honest grading is what makes a lot sell
A buyer who receives a box that does not match the description rejects it and remembers who sold it. We ask you to describe the grade as you would in a contract, and if the lot is mixed, to split it into groups. Damaged units are accepted as damaged, with the damage described, because some buyers want exactly those for conversion or parts.
We do not present damaged equipment as CW and we will not pass on a description we believe to be wrong. If photos and the description do not match, we raise it with you before the lot goes out.
Partly released, partly arriving
Many surplus lots are a mix: some units already standing at a depot, others due in the coming weeks. Report them as one lot with the two parts clearly stated. Buyers can then decide whether they take what is released now, wait for the rest or collect everything together.
If you can release in stages, say so. A buyer who takes a lot in three collections is often a different buyer from one who needs everything at once.
What happens after you report
A person reads the report, may ask for photos or the depot's release conditions, and tells you whether the lot looks placeable. We do not promise a sale, a price or a timeline. Proposals come back to you, and you accept or decline each one. In our process your name is not passed to a buyer before the terms are confirmed.
Offer surplus stock
Describe the surplus equipment
Two short steps. Your request is saved after the first.
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