Queensland-owned. Family-run. Direct from the port.

About

22 years solving shipping container problems for Queenslanders - from a 20ft in the driveway during a reno, to fitted-out site offices for the mines.

The team in discussion in the depot
Year founded
2004
Family-run, Queensland-owned
22 Years
Five-star Google reviews
400+
Depots across QLD & Northern NSW
11
ABC-owned depots
3
One number, one team
1300 22 22 66
A maker at a workshop bench, head down over detailed work

We've been the steady middle of QLD’s container industry for 22 years

ABC Container Hire & Sales was started in 2004 by Pete Donovan out of Toowoomba, with one depot and a few transport options. Today we operate from 11 depots across Queensland and into Northern NSW, and we’re one of only a handful of container businesses in QLD with shipping line access - meaning the containers you hire or buy from us come straight from the port, not through a chain of middlemen.

We’re still headquartered in Toowoomba but now with a primary storage depot in Hemmant, right next to the Port of Brisbane, so you can expect small-town service from us with big-city capability. We own three of those depots outright - Toowoomba, Brisbane (Hemmant), and Hervey Bay - and partner with trusted third-party depots across the rest of the state, with bigger stockholdings at the depots we work with most often.

Need a 10ft container with a roller door, whirly bird and blocks to sit it on? We’ll make it happen. Need 10 x 20ft side-opens for a commercial project? We’ll take care of it.

Team member in the workshop

Three things.
We do them all properly.

  • a hire container example

    Hire

    Hire a container from four weeks to forever - household storage during a reno, on-site lock-up for a job site, temporary workshop on a farm. Weekly rate from $20 depending on your region. Return at any time.

    Hire from us

  • a shipping container on a rural property

    Buy

    When the container needs to stay. Grade 1 to 10, every condition, photographed before delivery so you see exactly what you’re getting. Everything from your standard 20ft GP and 40 HC containers through to speciality items like platforms, reefers and bulkers.

    Buy from us

  • a shipping container site-office on a construction site.

    Modify

    Built by our own Mods Crew at the Brisbane depot - not offshore. Site offices, accommodation, ablution blocks, crib rooms, custom fit-outs. Every unit produced to the same stringent Australian standard.

    See our modifications

The people who pick up when you call

Dylan Marlin

Dyl

Wholesale Sales

Jo Lea

Jo

Retail Customer Service

Claire Harding

Hardy

Retail Customer Service

Stephen Thompson

Thommo

Retail Customer Service

Alex Jeffery

Al

Retail Customer Service

Dan Falknau

Dan

Retail Customer Service

Marcel Huppelschoten

Huppo

Brisbane Depot Supervisor

Jayson Passmore

Jays

Toowoomba Depot Supervisor

Corey VanDerWerf

Corey

Hervey Bay Depot Supervisor

Craig Taylor

Tidsy

Head of Modifications

Matt Martin

Martoe

Marketing and Communications

Dylan Marlin

Dylan Marlin

Wholesale Sales

Jo Lea

Jo Lea

Retail Customer Service

Claire Harding

Claire Harding

Retail Customer Service

Stephen Thompson

Stephen Thompson

Retail Customer Service

Alex Jeffery

Alex Jeffery

Retail Customer Service

Dan Falknau

Dan Falknau

Retail Customer Service

Marcel Huppelschoten

Marcel Huppelschoten

Brisbane Depot Supervisor

Jayson Passmore

Jayson Passmore

Toowoomba Depot Supervisor

Corey VanDerWerf

Corey VanDerWerf

Hervey Bay Depot Supervisor

Craig Taylor

Craig Taylor

Head of Modifications

Matt Martin

Matt Martin

Marketing and Communications

Toowoomba HQ.
11 depots across QLD and Northern NSW.

Our head office is in Toowoomba City. We own three depots — Toowoomba, Brisbane (Hemmant, next to the Port of Brisbane), and Hervey Bay — and partner with trusted third-party depots across the rest of the state.

Entry to the ABC Toowoomba Depot

Toowoomba Depot

Welcome to our Brisbane Depot.

Brisbane Depot

Hervey Bay Jetty

Hervey Bay Depot

Townsville CBD

Townsville Depot

Cairns Waterline

Cairns Depot

The network runs from Cairns down into Northern NSW, with main delivery hubs in Brisbane, Toowoomba, Hervey Bay, Townsville and Cairns.

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