One-way ISO supply programme
- 200 × 20 ft
- ISO 1C sourced
- 2,591 mm
- height decision
- 21 mm
- plywood floor corrected
- 3
- sourcing routes benchmarked
- RAL 6019
- repaint programme
The brief
A large storage-container requirement needed 200 new or near-new 20 ft ISO 1C units, delivered into Central Europe at a defensible price, repainted to a single livery, and CSC compliant. Three sourcing routes were live at once: new-build direct from Asian shell manufacturers, one-way units landed in Northern Europe, and used units bought at a European depot.
What was built
What was done
- RFQ campaign to three major shell manufacturers for new-build supply
- Benchmarking against landed one-way units at a Northern European depot
- Height, floor and coating specification settled before ordering
- Climate testing specification per EN 60721-2-1 agreed
- Repaint to RAL 6019 quoted as a separate line, since units are otherwise repainted on arrival
- CSC re-inspection and re-plating capability held in-house
Engineering decisions
What cost money, changed the design, or both
- 01
2,591 mm, not 2,600 mm, and the reason is freight, not steel.
A 2,600 mm height is an irregular height. It makes a fixed transport frame mandatory at sea, and that roughly quadruples the sea freight per unit. Nine millimetres of internal height are not worth four times the freight. The specification was set at the standard 2,591 mm.
- 02
21 mm plywood floor, corrected against the offer.
The quoted floor thickness did not match the required specification and was corrected before order. A floor is not a place to accept a supplier's default.
- 03
Freight, not product price, is what decides the sourcing route.
A new 20 ft shell shipped from Asia to an Adriatic port was quoted at around USD 5,500 per unit in sea freight alone, excluding inland haulage and local charges, more than the container itself. A one-way unit lands at a Northern European depot at around €1,600, because the cargo owner already paid the sea freight. That single comparison is why Tanax quotes landed prices and why it will tell a customer when new-build is the wrong answer.
- 04
Repaint quoted separately, because it is a real cost that is usually hidden.
Painting a container to a customer livery is a blasting and coating operation with its own price. Quoting it as a line rather than folding it into the unit price keeps the comparison honest.
Gallery
Photographs of the actual work
One-way 20 ft unit in the yard Doors open, empty interior Forklift handling on the pockets CSC plate Plywood floor and cross-members Door hinge and locking bar ISO 1161 corner casting Interior Side view Front view End doors Doors open, exterior Rear top view Side view, outdoors Base rail and forklift pocket Corner post detail Interior door detail Interior floor corner Shelving detail Tall shelving fitted Interior, second view
Delivery
How it got there and got accepted
Sourcing and specification programme, run alongside an in-house CSC re-inspection and repaint capability at Bánovce.
Outcome
What was delivered, what it proved
A defensible landed cost for large ISO volumes, three benchmarked routes, and a published 94-SKU catalogue behind it so a buyer can size and price a requirement before speaking to anyone.
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