10ft10ft Shipping Containers
The side passage is narrow, the council setback leaves you nothing to play with, or all you need is somewhere lockable for a mower, a compressor and a rack of tools.
Used from$4,350
New from$6,400
Geraldton, WA
Shipping containers Geraldton
Geraldton orders come up the Brand Highway from container stock held at a Fremantle depot. The Mid West has its own set of questions — the wind, blowing sand, salt, and big cropping properties inland — and this page answers them plainly.
- Stock held at
- A Fremantle depot, up the Brand Highway
- What sets the date
- Fremantle stock that suits the job and how the run north is planned. Confirmed when you order.
- Usual truck
- Tilt-tray for 10ft and 20ft; side loader for tight lots; 40ft into Narngulu yards and onto farms
Every enquiry answered within one business day.You hear back from a person, not an autoresponder. Enquiries that land on a weekend are answered the next business day.
The Mid West, straight.
Where containers work around Geraldton
The port, the grain handling and the mining supply trade keep Geraldton busy, and the Narngulu industrial estate and the light industrial areas around town use containers as secure stores, parts rooms and site offices. Contractors working inland take hire units out to the job and bring them back when it wraps up.
On the farms — the Chapman Valley, the Greenough flats, out toward Mullewa and up to Northampton — a container keeps seed, fertiliser, tools and machinery parts dry and locked up through seeding and harvest. In town, from Beachlands and Tarcoola Beach to Waggrakine and Drummond Cove, it is household storage, boat and cray gear, and room to breathe during a move.
No Geraldton yard, and what that means
We are not based in Geraldton and do not run a yard in the Mid West. WA stock is held at a third-party depot in Fremantle, and a Geraldton container is trucked north from there.
To see the unit, arrange an inspection at the Fremantle depot, or ask for photos of that specific container, which we send on request before delivery. It is a long enough trip that it pays to know exactly what is coming.
Grade moves the price more than size does, and it is what decides whether a unit is sold watertight — the full rundown is on the grades page.
The range
Containers we deliver to Geraldton
Guide prices in AUD, ex GST. Delivery is quoted with the container.
10ft
20ft20ft Shipping Containers
You have about seven metres of straight, reasonably level ground to put it on and you would rather not find out in six months that you should have gone bigger.
Used from$2,200
New from$3,300
40ft40ft Shipping Containers
You have the room, the access is genuinely open, and you want the most storage per dollar available anywhere.
Used from$2,600
New from$5,500
What to check before you order in Geraldton
Most of what goes wrong with a Mid West container is the weather after it arrives, not the delivery itself. Check these.
Which way is the wind coming from?
Geraldton is famously windy, with strong southerlies through summer. A door that opens into that wind is dangerous. Face the doors north, or at least out of the southerly, and fit something solid to hold them open.
Will sand bank up against it?
Blowing sand piles up against anything that stops it. A container with a drift along one side holds moisture there and rusts at the base. Choose a spot with some shelter, or plan to clear it regularly.
What about tying it down?
In strong-wind country people often ask about tie-down. We do not supply wind ratings or promise any particular result. If the container is staying, ask the City of Greater Geraldton or an engineer what is expected for your site. The Mid West remembers what Cyclone Seroja did to Kalbarri and Northampton in 2021.
Delivering to a grain farm near harvest?
Access on a cropping property is usually wide and firm. The catch is timing: at harvest the tracks are busy with trucks and headers, and so are you. Tell us when suits and where the container can go without being in the way.
How close to the coast is it?
Salt rides the wind right across town. Keep the paint in good order, rinse it now and then, and deal with scratches early. Cargo-worthy and new grades arrive sound; how long they stay that way comes down to upkeep.
Will heat be a problem for what is inside?
A Mid West summer makes the inside of a steel box very hot. Vents help and shade helps more. Keep heat-sensitive goods — chemicals, batteries, aerosols — out of it, or insulate it.
Geraldton
Living with the southerly
Anyone who has spent a summer in Geraldton knows the wind. The leaning trees on the Greenough flats grew that way for a reason. A container is heavy and sits well on the ground, but the doors, anything stacked beside it and anything loose on top are all at the wind's mercy.
Put the container where a building or a windbreak takes the brunt of the southerly. Keep the doors shut when you are not using them. Do not leave sheets of iron or timber leaning against it. Small habits, but in this town they count.
On the ground
Sand, limestone and the Greenough flats
Around the coastal suburbs the ground is sand over limestone — firm once compacted, and quick to drain. Out on the Greenough flats the soil is heavier alluvial ground that drains more slowly after rain, and in the Chapman Valley there are slopes and gravel to deal with.
Whatever the ground, set the container on solid pads at the corners, check it is level, and make sure water runs away from the doors rather than toward them.
Worth knowing
Dongara, Port Denison and the cray boats
South of Geraldton, Dongara and Port Denison are fishing towns as much as holiday towns, and the rock lobster fleet up and down this coast carries a lot of gear ashore between seasons: pots, ropes, floats, bait gear and spares. A container is a good place for it, with two caveats.
First, salt-soaked rope and pots bring the sea inside with them. Rinse and dry gear before it goes in, fit vents, and expect to wash the floor out now and then. Second, a container full of fishing gear gets heavy, so put it where a forklift or a ute can get right up to the doors. The same advice suits anybody storing boat gear in Geraldton itself — the steel lasts much longer when it is not wet with salt from the inside as well as the outside.
Access in Geraldton and around
In town, a tilt-tray places most 10ft and 20ft units on an ordinary block. Tight frontages and backyards need a side loader or a crane. Beachside blocks at Drummond Cove and Cape Burney can be loose sand right up to the house, so tell us if the drive is unsealed.
Narngulu and the other industrial areas take 40ft units without fuss. On farms, a 40ft is fine if there is a firm track, wide gates and room to turn.
Getting it north
Delivery is priced per job and included in the container quote. It depends on the run from Fremantle, where you are in the Mid West, and what the site needs. We do not publish a figure because the right one depends on your address.
Around the Mid West
We also deliver to Dongara, Northampton, Kalbarri, Mullewa, Chapman Valley, Walkaway, Morawa.
Straight answers
Questions from Geraldton and the Mid West
Do you have a yard in Geraldton?
No. We have no office, yard or people in the Mid West. Stock for WA is held at a third-party depot in Fremantle, where you can inspect by arrangement, or we can send photos of the unit before delivery.
Will the wind move a container?
An empty 20ft is heavy, but strong wind still acts on it, and a container is not a rated structure. If it is staying long-term, ask the City of Greater Geraldton or an engineer what tie-down, if any, they expect. We do not supply any wind rating.
Can you deliver to a farm near Mullewa?
Yes. Tell us about the access, the gates and the track, and when suits you around seeding or harvest.
Is a cargo-worthy container watertight?
Cargo-worthy and new units are sold wind and watertight. As-is units are not sold watertight. For anything that must stay dry, do not go cheaper than cargo-worthy.
Do I need council approval?
It depends on your zoning, how long the container stays and what it is used for. Ask the City of Greater Geraldton — or the Shire of Chapman Valley, Irwin or Northampton if that is where you are.
Where will the doors face on delivery?
Wherever you tell us. On a tilt-tray the doors usually end up facing the truck's direction of travel or away from it, so think about the wind before the driver arrives and tell us which end you want where.
Can I hire one for a project inland?
Yes. Hire units are cargo-worthy or better. Tell us where the site is and roughly how long, and we will price hire against buying.
Get a price
Tell us about the Mid West job
Give us the address, the access and what it is for, and we will price the container with delivery from Fremantle. Every enquiry answered within one business day.
Or skip the form and ring us — 0477 410 500, Mon–Fri 7:30am–5pm, Sat 8am–12pm