How much does a shipping container cost?
Typical cost
1,500–7,000 $
A steel ISO freight box, standardised so it can move between ship, rail and truck without being unpacked.
Used 20 ft boxes $1,500-3,000; new 40 ft high cubes $5,000-7,000. Prices swing hard with shipping cycles.
How that compares
Shipping container against things of a similar money.
ATM 2,000–50,000 $
Vending machine 1,500–8,000 $
Shipping container 1,500–7,000 $
Cello 400–40,000 $
Pool table 1,200–15,000 $
Transmission 1,200–7,000 $
Fire hydrant 1,200–6,000 $
Roll of carpet 1,100–6,000 $
How to read this figure
The range here is wide, and that is the honest answer rather than a hedge: the cheap and expensive ends of this category are genuinely different products, and the price gap between them is real.
Prices are in US dollars and are indicative only. They date faster than anything else on this site — treat them as an order of magnitude. Installation, delivery and tax are excluded unless the note above says otherwise.
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Common questions
- How much does a shipping container cost?
- A shipping container costs 1,500–7,000 $. Used 20 ft boxes $1,500-3,000; new 40 ft high cubes $5,000-7,000. Prices swing hard with shipping cycles.
Related pages
- How much does a shipping container weigh? 1,800–4,800 kg
- How much does a Boeing 747 cost? 260,000,000 $
- How much does a Space Shuttle cost? 1,600,000,000 $
- How much does a aircraft carrier cost? 8,500,000,000 $
- How much does a Airbus A380 cost? 445,600,000 $
- How much does a cruise ship cost? 2,000,000,000 $
- How much does a Boeing 737 cost? 106,000,000 $
- How much does a forklift cost? 20,000–80,000 $
- How much does a propane tank cost? 35–120 $
- How much does a elevator cost? 25,000–250,000 $
- How much does a suitcase cost? 40–900 $
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- Shipping container vs Forklift Side by side
- Shipping container vs Helicopter Side by side
Sources
- Typical range compiled from manufacturer specifications — At One Place