Containers as real assets. Measured.
A 20-foot standard container measures 6,058 × 2,438 × 2,591 mm externally and may weigh 32,500 kg gross. Every assessment here starts with figures like these.
What that means: this portal describes standard, tank and special containers the way carriers, manufacturers and regulations define them – dimensions, inspection intervals, lease types. You will not find forecasts or return promises here.
Five figures every container comes with
Three families
Almost every container fleet consists of these three groups. Each has its own dimensions, its own rules and its own second-hand market.
Standard containers
20', 40', 40' high cube and 45' high cube. ISO 6346 codes 22G1, 42G1, 45G1, L5G1.
Dimensions and codes →Tank containers
20' frame, 25,000–26,000 l, UN portable tank instruction T11. Tested after 2.5 and 5 years.
Tanks and testing →Open top & flatrack
For cargo that will not fit through the door: tarpaulin, steel roof or collapsible end walls.
Special containers →Who manages the fleet
NOBLE is the asset manager presented on this portal: a container lessor headquartered in Hong Kong.
According to its own statement, Noble Container Leasing Limited was acquired by Solvium Holding AG and renamed from Sea Axis in 2013. The fleet covers standard and special dry containers, refrigerated containers and ISO tank containers. Products are operating leases, lease purchase, sale & leaseback, direct sale and fleet management.
NOBLE
Head office Hong Kong, offices in Shanghai, Singapore and Incheon (Korea).
Global Container Repo Pte Ltd
Wholly owned subsidiary of NOBLE. Moves containers from dead-end locations to where they are needed.
Solvium Holding AG
Acquired NOBLE in 2013. NOBLE calls Solvium Capital its parent company.
Questions investors ask first
Who is responsible for keeping a container safe?
The owner. That is laid down in Regulation 2 of Annex I to the International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC). The owner must have the container examined, first no later than five years after manufacture, then at intervals of no more than 30 months.
How long do container leases run?
That depends on the lease type. NOBLE describes the master lease agreement as short-tenor, the long-term lease as regularly 5 to 10 years and lease purchase as typically 1 to 8 years followed by a purchase.
How big is the second-hand market?
NOBLE writes: almost 90% of the container business consists of second-hand containers. This portal does not publish an independent market statistic on it.
How often is a tank container tested?
Before it is first placed into service, then at least every five years, with an intermediate test after two and a half years. The test may be performed up to three months either side of the due date (RID/ADR 6.7.2.19).
Does this portal state returns?
No. There is no freely accessible primary source for lease rates and returns that we can cite with certainty. Nothing here is investment advice.
The container in the network
A container rarely travels alone. On rail a container wagon carries it, on the road a chassis. The sister portals describe these links in the chain.
How we work
Every figure on this portal comes from a publicly accessible primary source: carrier and manufacturer data sheets, statutes, conventions and NOBLE's own statements. What we cannot verify, we do not publish.
Transparency note: this portal is edited, but it is not independent. Its operator has commercial ties to providers of investments in containers, swap bodies and freight wagons. Nothing here is investment advice or an offer. Operator details are in the imprint.