While a one-trip container has been used, it’s still considered new. Our customers are granted a five-year warranty on all one-trip container purchases.
A used container, regardless of condition classification, will have a shorter lifespan because they have already had a life in transport and at sea. Obviously, how long any container lasts depends on a variety of factors, like their usage, modifications, and quality of maintenance.
When referring to used containers, there are several other classifications, which we explain in our First-Time Buyer’s Guide.
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Like all estimates, how long a container will last depends on a lot of factors, such as how it is put to use, how well it is taken care of, the location and foundation of the container, etc.. Since the superior Core-Ten steel has only been used for the last twenty years, it's hard to know for sure just how long they will last before needing replacement. The consensus on the average lifespan of containers is about thirty years.
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The price of One-Trip Containers is highly volatile and is anchored to many variables: the raw cost of steel; the cost of iron ore used to produce the steel; manufacturing capacity in Asia; trade imbalance between China and the rest of the world; supply and demand factors in regional US markets; and the cash flow of shipping lines (if they don't have cash to produce new units, they hold onto old ones, and new production comes to a halt, causing prices in factories to rise.)
With that said, there are some easy ways to reduce the cost of buying a one-trip container by up to 20%. In our free guide, Buying Shipping Containers 101, A First-Time Buyer’s Guide, we show you how to get the best price without having to haggle.
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