For top-notch shipping container services in Havering, choose Shipping Containers of London. We provide new and used containers for sale and hire, ensuring reliable storage solutions.
Welcome to Shipping Containers of London, your trusted local destination for container sales across Havering. If you are looking to secure extra inventory space for a retail business in Romford, set up a secure tool store on a construction site in Rainham, or find a dry storage space for a home renovation project in Upminster, we make the entire process easy. Navigating local yards, industrial estates, and tight residential lanes requires straightforward advice and solid planning. We handle all the heavy lifting for you, from helping you choose the right container configuration to dropping it precisely onto your ground.
We believe in open and honest communication, especially when it comes to costs. The table below outlines our current guide prices for purchasing containers across our standard range. Final figures may vary depending on specific condition grades, global steel market shifts, and transport configurations, so please get in touch with our team for a fixed, written quote.
When buying a container, your main choice comes down to how it looks versus what you want to spend. We sort our stock into two distinct commercial grades so you can make the right choice for your budget.
Our new containers are built overseas and make a single cargo journey to the UK before landing at our depot. Because they have only carried one load, they arrive in exceptional condition with minimal surface wear. They are fitted with secure factory lockboxes, have easy-opening handles, and are painted in standard neutral colours like dark green or dark blue. If you are placing a container in a high-visibility urban area, on school grounds, or near a residential driveway in Upminster, these units look tidy and smart from day one.
Guide prices for purchasing containers across our standard and specialised stock. Prices vary depending on size, availability, age, condition grade, specification, and delivery location.
£1,850 – £3,000
£1,150 – £2,100
£2,600 – £3,500
£2,900 – £3,600
£5,000 – £6,000
£3,000 – £6,500
£2,300 – £6,500
£6,000 – £20,000
£1,300 – £3,800
£1,300 – £3,400
£4,000 – £4,500
£9,500 – £12,500
£3,800 – £7,500
£3,200 – £8,000
£5,800 – £21,000
£2,200 – £4,100
If appearance is secondary and you want to stretch your budget, a used container is a highly practical choice. These units have worked hard for 10 to 15 years on international shipping fleets. You should expect cosmetic imperfections, including surface rust, dents, scratches, and old company labels. However, we check every unit to ensure it is fully wind and watertight. The steel shell is completely solid, the door gaskets seal tightly, and your equipment will stay perfectly dry. These are ideal for construction sites, agricultural storage, and industrial yards in Rainham.
We supply a variety of standard ISO dimensions. It is important to measure your space carefully to ensure a smooth delivery and full operational space around the double doors.
The 20ft container is our most requested size. It features a layout that roughly matches a single-car parking space (20ft long by 8ft wide). This size balances a manageable ground footprint with a high internal volume of around 1,170 cubic feet. An empty 20ft box weighs approximately 2,200kg, which is its tare weight (the physical weight of the empty structure), and it can carry an immense cargo payload.
For large storage demands or international export, the 40ft container is the industry benchmark. It offers exactly double the capacity of a 20ft unit but requires a significantly wider area for vehicle access and placement. These are the top choices for manufacturing yards, logistics operators, and commercial storage hubs on Havering’s larger estates.
Marine containers are built to safeguard cargo from punishing ocean storms and heavy handling. This focus on durability makes them exceptionally secure storage structures when used on dry land.
The walls, roofs, and framing of our containers are made from Cor-Ten steel, a heavy-duty weathering steel alloy. Cor-Ten steel naturally forms a protective oxide layer when scratched, halting deep-surface corrosion and keeping the container secure and weatherproof through decades of British rain.
A lockbox is a thick steel housing welded directly over the door handles. It fully shields your padlock, meaning intruders cannot access the padlock shackle with bolt croppers, hacksaws, or crowbars. We install lockboxes as standard on all new units, and we can easily weld them onto our used stock before dispatching to your site.
The base of each container features a 27 mm-thick marine plywood floor. This multi-layered timber is treated to repel moisture, insects, and fungal rot. It is designed to take immense structural pressure, including the weight of loaded forklifts driving inside, making it perfect for heavy machinery, tool vaults, or pallet storage.
We deliver our containers using heavy flatbed trucks equipped with hydraulic HIAB crane arms mounted behind the cab. The driver parks either parallel to or at a right angle to your drop-off point, deploys wide stabiliser legs to balance the truck, and lowers the container straight to the ground alongside the vehicle.
Because delivery trucks weigh over 15 tonnes, they must remain on solid, hardstanding ground at all times. Our drivers cannot drive across soft lawns, waterlogged grass, or uncompacted mud, as the heavy axles will quickly bog down. Your designated container location must be firm and level (such as concrete, asphalt, or thick hardcore). If a container is placed on an uneven slant, the rectangular steel frame will twist out of square, a problem called racking, which binds the heavy door bars and makes them incredibly difficult to open or close.
A standard 20ft delivery requires about 60ft of straight-line space for the truck to manipulate the lift, while a 40ft container requires roughly 110ft. The crane also needs substantial vertical room to lift the box safely. Ensure the delivery path is entirely clear of low tree branches, low roofing overhanging structures, or telephone lines. If your site has significant access hurdles, review our comprehensive Delivery Guidelines before placing an order.
If you only need extra space for a specific timeframe, purchasing a permanent asset might not be the right choice. Renting a container provides complete flexibility without a large upfront capital outlay, making it ideal for retail stock surges or building works. Our standard hire agreements have a short 8-week minimum term, then become a simple rolling contract. You can explore all our options and guide rental rates by viewing our dedicated Container Hire in Havering page.
In most cases, shipping containers are classified as temporary structures, meaning they do not require formal planning permission. However, local enforcement depends on visibility, proximity to boundaries, and specific location criteria. Havering features several conservation areas and historic green belt locations where strict guidelines apply. If you plan to keep the unit in place long-term or use it in a high-visibility zone, we always advise checking directly with the Havering Council Planning Department for total reassurance.
Yes. While new units arrive in factory green or blue and used units come in their original shipping line colours, we can respray your container at our depot before delivery. We use marine-grade paint in your choice of standard RAL colour codes. This is a popular option for local schools, sports clubs, or businesses that want to blend the container into their surroundings or match their corporate branding.
The ground must be firm, flat, and completely level. Containers are engineered to rest their entire weight on their four corner castings only. We highly recommend placing concrete paving slabs or treated timber railway sleepers directly under these four corners. This simple preparation lifts the underside slightly off the ground to allow healthy air circulation, protects the lower frame from sitting water, and ensures the cargo doors stay perfectly aligned.
Standard HIAB crane trucks lift containers directly alongside the vehicle bed. They cannot hoist heavy steel units across long horizontal distances, over tall buildings, or past high mature trees. If your site has complex spatial constraints or requires a long-reach lift, talk to our office well in advance so we can assess your layout and look into sourcing a specialist vehicle with an extended hydraulic boom.
Our typical delivery window is between 3 and 5 working days from cleared payment. Because Havering is located close to our primary storage networks and major transport corridors, we can often arrange faster delivery slots depending on local haulier availability. The driver will always call you 30 minutes before arrival on site so you are fully prepared.
Jeremy and the Team were very easy to work with. extremely quick to respond to our needs and the overall delivery was spot on. The container supplied was brand new and exceptionally clean, ready for our items to be stored safely and securely.
What a totally, refreshingly, brilliant company to deal with. They do what they say they will do at a time they say they will do it. Completely up front about everything: quality, cost, delivery etc. Nothing hidden. They accommodate the customer as far as humanly possible and their communications are spot on. I wish more companies were like this one.
The service from this company was excellent. We were working to tight deadlines and Jeremy was incredibly prompt in his communication, from the initial quote to the follow up email, to check everything had been received. He phoned the haulier and arranged a delivery around our schedule and Andy (the driver), kept us informed, so we knew exactly when he was arriving.
A professional company, that I would recommend highly.
Monday : 9:00–17:30
Tuesday : 9:00–17:30
Wednesday : 9:00–17:30
Thursday : 9:00–17:30
Friday : 9:00–17:30
Saturday : Closed
Sunday : Closed
Tel: 0330 0130 636
Email: info@shippingcontainersoflondon.co.uk
