Cost Of 40 Foot Shipping Container | Pricing
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For a 40-foot container, the cost can range from $2,500 to $6,000. These prices are estimates and may vary based on specific factors such as the origin and destination ports, the type of goods being shipped, the shipping line or carrier, and the current market conditions.
On April 24, 2025, the Drewry World Container Index (WCI) showed a 2% drop, bringing the cost to $2,157 per 40-foot container. This is still considerably higher than pre-pandemic rates but reflects a 79% drop from the peak seen during the COVID-19 surge in September 2021.
A 40ft container will store double the contents of a 20ft container. It is profitable for customers with large goods. A "Less Than Container Load" (LCL) is a pattern we created to enable many customers with small volumes of goods to share a container.
Moving container costs for goods from port to port and country to country differs majorly depending on several key factors that are given below: Container freight cost is dependent on the route you select from the port of origin to the port of destination.
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