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20ft Shipping Containers in North Carolina

The most popular container size in North Carolina. It fits most residential driveways, holds about as much as a two-car garage, and arrives at your address with delivery already in the price.

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Specifications

20ft Container Dimensions & Details

The 20ft standard container, sometimes called a TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) or a conex box, is the global standard in intermodal shipping. It is the most widely available container size and the most practical choice for most North Carolina residential and small-business customers.

At 20 feet long and 8 feet wide it fits comfortably in a standard driveway and can be placed on most lots without special equipment or extensive site preparation. The steel handles what North Carolina weather brings, including tropical systems and their inland remnants and Severe thunderstorms with straight line wind and hail, common across the Piedmont and coastal plain from March through August, Tornadoes, with a spring season and a second smaller late autumn season, including the EF2 that crossed east Greensboro in April 2018, Inland flooding and landslides in the mountains, which is what Hurricane Helene brought to western North Carolina in September 2024 hundreds of miles from any coast, Winter ice rather than snow through the Piedmont, where freezing rain on a north facing grade can hold long after the rest of the county has thawed, Salt air on the coast and the sounds, which is a corrosion question rather than a storm question, and is answered with paint touch up rather than anchoring.

Exterior Dimensions

Length20 ft 0 in (6.058 m)
Width8 ft 0 in (2.438 m)
Height8 ft 6 in (2.591 m)

Interior Dimensions

Length19 ft 4 in (5.898 m)
Width7 ft 9 in (2.352 m)
Height7 ft 10 in (2.385 m)
Volume~1,170 cu ft (33.1 m³)
Door Opening (W x H)7 ft 8 in x 7 ft 5 in

Get a 20ft Container Quote

Delivery included. North Carolina delivered pricing: starting at $2,540 for a 20ft Wind and Water Tight container delivered in Charlotte. Price always includes delivery.

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Condition Options

Used WWT or One-Trip: Which Is Right for You?

Used Wind & Water Tight (WWT)

Inspected and certified to keep wind and water out. It shows the cosmetic wear you would expect from a container that spent years in commercial shipping service: surface rust, paint chips, minor dents. The interior stays dry, the doors seal tight, and the floor is structurally solid. For a full breakdown of every grade we sell, see our container condition guide.

Best for: General storage, construction sites, farm use, any application where appearance matters less than value.

Warranty: 5 year.

One-Trip (Like New)

It made a single ocean crossing from the factory and is essentially brand new. Minimal cosmetic marks from that one voyage, clean and dry interior, excellent floor condition, like-new paint. It costs more than used WWT, and it is the cleanest container you can buy short of a factory-new unit.

Best for: Conversions, food-adjacent storage, sensitive storage, anyone who wants the best-looking unit.

Warranty: 10 year structural and no-leak.

Use Cases

What North Carolina Customers Use 20ft Containers For

Renovations in Charlotte's older intown neighborhoods, where lots in Dilworth, Elizabeth, Plaza Midwood and Wesley Heights are small and there is rarely a garage to empty into.

Contractor tool and material storage on job sites across Mecklenburg, Wake, Guilford, Union and Johnston counties, replacing the daily load in and load out.

Farm, timber and hunt club storage across the coastal plain and the Sandhills, where the container is often the only lockable building on the parcel.

Race shop storage through the Mooresville, Concord and Kannapolis belt, holding chassis parts, wheels, tires and tooling next to the shop.

Sites that will never take a 40ft: two 20ft boxes place under the oak canopy in Raleigh or Fisher Park and give you two doors and two locations.

Coastal and sound side properties from Wilmington to the Outer Banks, where steel and a good lock handle salt air better than a wood shed.

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Delivery Info

20ft Container Delivery in North Carolina

What You Need for Delivery

  • Clear approach: about 70 feet of clear, firm surface for the truck to position and tilt.
  • Overhead clearance: at least 14 feet, with no low branches, power lines, or carport roofs in the delivery path.
  • Firm ground: Grass, gravel, dirt, or concrete all work. Soft or waterlogged ground may need gravel prep.
  • Final placement spot: Know where you want it before the driver arrives. Repositioning on site is possible, but it is easier to plan ahead.

Delivery Timing Across North Carolina

  • The Charlotte region: 1 to 2 weeks
  • The Triad, including Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point and Burlington: 1 to 2 weeks
  • The Triangle, including Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and the Wake County towns: 1 to 2 weeks
  • The Sandhills and the Cape Fear, including Fayetteville, Lumberton and Wilmington: 1 to 2 weeks
  • Western North Carolina, the High Country, the eastern coastal plain and the Outer Banks: 2 to 3 weeks
Price always includes delivery. No surprise freight charges. The number you get is the number you pay.
FAQ

20ft Container Questions

The container arrives on a tilt bed truck, which needs about 70 feet of straight, level run measured back from where the container will sit, at least 14 feet of overhead clearance with no low branches, utility lines or carport roofs in the path, and roughly 10 to 12 feet of width. Describe your approach and your drop spot when you ask for a quote and we will tell you whether the site will take it before anything is scheduled.
Wind and Water Tight units start at $2,540 delivered in Charlotte, and delivery is included in that number. What you pay depends on the grade you choose, on what is in stock when you order and on the access at your site. Prices are set by our supply partner and change without notice, so the price quoted to you in writing is the one that applies to your order. Prices captured 2026-08-06.
Warranty runs by grade: one-trip units carry a 10 year structural and no-leak warranty, cargo worthy and wind and water tight units carry 5 years, and economy units carry a 1 year, no roof leak only warranty.
Set the container on solid bearing at the four corner castings rather than straight onto turf. Pressure treated timbers, solid concrete blocks or a compacted gravel pad under each corner keeps the box level, keeps the doors square and keeps the wood floor out of standing water. Grade so surface water runs away from the corners rather than under them, and leave enough space beneath for air to move.

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