Outstanding service! Ordered and paid for our container at 11am and it was onsite and ready to fill by 3pm! 100% recommend ABC
Renee Conroy
ABC Container Hire & Sales hires and sells shipping containers across Cairns and Far North Queensland - including the Atherton Tablelands, Innisfail, Mareeba and Port Douglas. Stock is held at a Cairns depot in Stratford, so containers are local rather than freighted from the south. The range runs 10ft to 40ft, standard and specialised, with hire from around $30 a week inc GST.
10ft to 40ft general purpose and high cube, side-opening, double-door, refrigerated and modified containers. Available to Hire or Buy with the ABC Photo Promise. Refrigerated and insulated containers are popular in the tropical climate — ask the team what’s in stock.
Cairns container hire starts at around $30 a week including GST for a standard 20ft, depending on size, grade and hire length. Far North delivery distances mean delivery is quoted carefully on your address. Get a free quote for the exact figure.
Yes. Mareeba, Atherton, Kuranda and the wider Tablelands are part of our standard Far North Queensland service area from Cairns.
Yes — stock is held at a Cairns depot, so containers are local to the Far North rather than freighted up from the south. That keeps delivery times down across the region.
Yes. Innisfail, Port Douglas and the coastal Far North are part of our standard Cairns service area. Delivery is quoted on your address given the distances involved.
To get a container quote from ABC, request one online through the quote form or call your nearest depot. Tell us what you're storing, the size you think you need, your location, and whether you want to hire or buy. A real person gets back to you, usually within a few hours, with an actual price — not a “from”.
Most containers are delivered by tilt-tray truck, which tilts its tray to slide the container off and place it precisely — including down many suburban driveways. The driver positions it where you want it. Access matters: discuss driveway width, slope, overhead branches and ground conditions when you quote so the right truck is sent.
Delivery to Queensland metro areas and major towns typically takes 3–5 days from booking, because stock sits at a local depot rather than being freighted long distances. Rural and remote delivery takes longer and depends on the run. If you have a deadline, tell the team when you quote.
ABC delivers shipping containers across all of Queensland and into Northern NSW. Metro and major towns are standard delivery; rural and remote addresses, including Western Queensland, are quoted on distance and access. If you can give us the address, we can tell you the delivery. See the delivery areas page.
Access problems are best caught before the truck is booked — that's why ABC talks through driveway width, slope, gateways, overhead branches and ground conditions when you quote. If a standard tilt-tray can't reach, there are options like crane placement or a different truck. A two-minute conversation upfront avoids a failed delivery.
Prepare a reasonably level, firm area for your container — level so the doors work and the frame doesn't twist, firm so it doesn't sink. Many customers place containers on timber sleepers, concrete blocks or a compacted pad at the corners. Allow room for the delivery truck. The site preparation guide has the detail.