Intermodal / Container (Chassis Only) For Sale in Canada

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CIMC 33-Foot Slider Intermodal Container Trailer

About Intermodal & Container Trailers (Chassis Only)

Despite the long history of shipping large quantities of goods from one destination to another, often via ship or train, the intermodal or container trailers you commonly see today really didn’t exist until the mid-1950s when Malcom P. McLean set out to develop the rectangular containers and then modify a ship for carrying those containers. Within a matter of years, the containers, sometimes referred to as “freight containers” and “sea cans,” became widely used and the industry standardized on sizes and corner fittings so the same container, regardless of manufacturer, could easily be stacked and transported by train, truck, or ship and loaded and unloaded by crane.

Thanks to ISO standards, the most common container sizes today are 20 or 40 feet (6.1 or 12.2 metres), with heights of 8.5 ft (2.6 m) and widths of 8 ft (2.4 m), although both oversized and smaller containers are available.

Find The Right Container Trailer

Chassis-only semitrailers from manufacturers such as Cheetah, CIMC, De Lucio USA, Dorsey, EXA, Hyundai, JanSteel, and Strick come in tandem-, tridem-, and quad-axle versions, and some have tipping mechanisms for easier loading and unloading. 

You’ll also find intermodal shipping containers for sale on MarketBook.ca.