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New & Used Shipping Containers For Sale Anywhere in Michigan

If you’re a Michigander looking for containers within or outside the Greater Detroit Area, consider Container Management, Inc. We carry a large inventory of new and used steel shipping containers.

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Our Containers Are Available for Pickup in Detroit or for Delivery Throughout Michigan

You can pick up your containers or have us deliver them to you.


Pick Up Our Containers at the Detroit Depot

Our depot site is in Detroit, MI, in the 48209 zip code area.

For pickups, we provide a container release number. This allows you or your freight forwarder access to your purchased container(s) at the Detroit Depot Center during the specified timeframe.

Where We Deliver Michigan Shipping Containers

We deliver containers using a tilt-bed (roll-off) truck throughout Michigan. This encompasses:

  • City of Detroit
  • All Detroit Suburbs
  • Central Michigan
  • Northern Michigan as far north as the Canadian border
  • The Upper Peninsula

Our Chicago, Illinois, location typically serves Southern and Southeastern Michigan.

For deliveries further than 150-200 miles, we employ a flat-bed truck broker that requires customers to lift off containers on arrival.

Not sure if you’re within our delivery radius? Just ask! Ask if we can deliver to your area.

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New and Used Containers We Sell in Michigan

We sell all sizes of new and used steel shipping containers in Detroit and throughout Michigan. Michiganders often buy:

  • 20-foot containers for storage
  • 20-foot containers for a variety of customizations
  • 40-foot standard containers for storage and customization (8 feet, 6 inches high)
  • 40-foot high-cube containers (9 feet, 6 inches high)
  • Cargo-worthy containers that meet international specs for exporting goods
  • Other new and used shipping container sizes
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Common and Creative Uses of Containers in Michigan

Explore some common and creative ways Michiganders have repurposed steel shipping containers.

  • Construction Industry

    Downtown Detroit is booming. Commonly, Detroiters in the construction industry buy shipping containers to store their gear safely at construction sites.

  • Businesses and Individuals

    Another everyday use in Detroit and the Detroit suburbs is for business storage. Similarly, individuals purchase shipping containers for storage.

  • Entertainment

    The Dequindre Cut Freight Yard has become a popular outdoor destination. The Dequindre Cut serves beer and wine outside between Wilkins and Division Street, with parking in the Eastern Market District.


    Five stacked shipping containers form a DJ booth and offer shopping called the “Hub.” Another nine containers adorn the enormous beer and wine garden. Formerly called ShipYard Detroit, The Detroit Shipping Company is a combination food hall, beer garden, retail space, art gallery, event venue, and entertainment center. It is made of 21 repurposed shipping containers. The Detroit Shipping Company is located on Peterboro Street

  • Shipping Container Homes

    Container homes are popular throughout Michigan, from luxury, single-family homes with a three-car garage in Bruce Township, Detroit Tiny Homes, to open-concept homes in Kalamazoo and a hidden castle in Burtchville Township, Michigan. 


    Architecture Firm ThreeSquared has designed container homes throughout the United States, especially in its home state of Michigan. ModEco Development also built shipping container homes in Metro Detroit and Royal Oaks, Michigan.

  • Commercial Use

    Restaurants, offices, and even an animal clinic in Michigan were built from repurposed shipping containers. 

  • Shipping Container Vacation Rentals

    Shipping containers have also been used as vacation rentals. You can find a treehouse in Oakland County, Michigan, on Pera Lake, a farm stay with horses and a hot tub on Perry Lake, or a Tiny home near Benton Harbor, Michigan. Cabins for glamping are also options built by Blox, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Container Management, Inc. Can Help

Need help buying your containers? We have the answers, experience, and pricing you need.


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