As a significant invention in 1950s, shipping containers has played a tremendous role in the international trading by providing protection for cargoes during worldwide transportation, especially for nearly 90% shipment by sea. The number of fully cellular container ships operating today stands at about 5,461 ships with a combined capacity of about 24.6 million TEUs (as of August 2021). In order to guarantee a safe transport, it is important to find the most competent shipping containers to meet your requirement, and meanwhile, at fair prices.

Shipping containers business is too complicated to conclude market prices in general as reference. The prices fluctuate due to the impact from several factors. If you want to skip this article and get best prices for your requested shipping containers directly from CIMC Intermodal Equilink Co., Ltd please write to info.equilink@cimc.com directly.

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What determines Shipping Containers Costs?

When it comes to shipping containers prices, demand and supply will always be considered, as well as the marine shipping industry situation. Different from those macro perspectives, this article will explore from more specific aspects including suppliers’ manufacturing costs, delivery costs, container sizes and the additional tailored customization and so on. Understanding them will help you make wise decision in shipping containers purchase. Here are some views for your reference.

Shipping Containers Suppliers’ Manufacturing Costs

The supplier’s basic costs to manufacture the shipping containers have the primary impact on the prices. Choosing the correct supplier will be the first step to wise purchase decisions. Geographically speaking, China has been the overwhelming top choice of suppliers’ location. In 1993, China's shipping containers output ranked first in the world. The complete supplying chain from materials to infrastructure, sophisticated production procedures, sufficient quantity of skillful workers, and mature quality control system, comprehensively contribute to the fair costs and also high products quality.

Among all the China shipping containers manufacturers, CIMC Group plays a dominating role in the market. CIMC boasts dozens of manufacturing bases in all important ports of China Mainland. Meanwhile, it is the only provider who can provide the whole series of container products and possess independent intellectual property rights all over the world. Since 1996, the sales volume of CIMC containers has always been keeping the leading position. CIMC became the first enterprise with sales volume breaking 2 million TEUs in the global container industry. With the all the supply chain ability support from GROUP, CIMC Intermodal Equilink Co., Ltd. is competitive in the container availability, quality and costs. Again, if you are looking for shipping containers for sale from China, do not hesitate to talk with the experts from CIMC Intermodal Equilink Co., Ltd. for more detailed advice.

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Shipping Containers Delivery Costs

The delivery costs account for a large proportion of shipping containers prices. The shipping containers delivery can be broken down into three parts, the transport from production bases to origin port, the transport by ocean and the delivery from destination port to Buyers’ requested depot. Usually the traded shipping containers will be delivered by one-way or one-trip service, which means the regular ocean freight will not be afforded by the shipping containers Seller and Buyer, while the transportation distance inland in both origin and destination countries will still influence the container costs. Obviously, the closer the supplier production base is to the port, the less costs will be added. The further the Buyer’s depot is from the destination port, the more local inland transportation costs will be caused, and both will affect the final price. Thus, choosing a supplier with production bases near ports will reduce shipping containers costs theoretically, though not decisively. For example, when CIMC Intermodal Equilink Co., Ltd allocates shipping containers orders to its production bases, distance to the origin ports is not the top-ranking factors among all because most of CIMC manufacturing centers are close enough to the ports. Other factors like inventory availability and lead time will be taken account to as well. From the Buyer’s point of view, make sure to get a final delivery price before you make the purchase decision, just in case of miscalculate your total costs.

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Additionally, it is easy to understand that the container sizes and models influence the shipping containers prices. For instance, the 40 feet Container price is higher than the 20 feet Container price due to size differences, while the ISO Tank Container price is different from the prices of dry container or reefer Container for sale. If you want to get prices for your specific shipping containers inquiries, please talk to the expert sales team of CIMC Intermodal Equilink Co., Ltd. info.equilink@cimc.com and indicate your final delivery depot address. You will get offer response in 24 hours!

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