8ft One Trip Shipping Container – Green

At 2.44 m long an 8ft container is about the size of a large garden shed, with one important difference: it is Cor-Ten steel with cargo doors and a lockbox, and it is not going to be opened with a cordless grinder in the dark. This green one-trip unit is built to ISO dimensions in China and carried a single cargo into Australia before sale.

The floor is the same 28 mm marine plywood on steel cross members used in the larger containers, so weight is not the limiting factor — footprint is.

Specifications

Where an 8ft wins

• Blocks where the side setback rules out anything longer
• Foreshore, park and reserve sites with restricted vehicle access
• Rooftop and courtyard placements reached by crane
• Anywhere the unit needs to be moved by a small forklift

Delivery on a tight site

At 900 kg empty this is the one container size that a 3-tonne forklift or a small telehandler can genuinely reposition after the truck leaves. That makes it the default choice where the drop-off point and the final position are not the same place.

The rest of the small range

The same 8ft shell is stocked in blue, and there is a matching 8ft bunded store for chemicals. Step up to 10ft for roughly 40 per cent more floor in the same width — compare in the 8ft and 10ft range and the dimensions guide.