Shipping containers delivered in Boston.
New and used 20ft, 40ft, and 40ft high-cube containers delivered tilt-bed across Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, the North Shore, and the 495 belt.
Shop inventory delivered to Boston.
Every SKU below is live today. Click any container for a real delivered price to your Boston ZIP, then pay in two clicks with card or ACH.
Don’t see your size? We stock 20ft, 40ft standard, and 40ft high-cube in both used and one-trip-new across all Boston ZIPs.
See all sizes delivered to BostonBoston containers clear at Conley Terminal in South Boston and ship within an hour to most of the metro. Greater Boston is a dense, historic market with tight streets and plenty of restrictive districts — we do the Street View pre-call and the Inspectional Services paperwork before we commit a truck.
Boston neighborhoods we deliver to.
We deliver to every ZIP in Boston-area Massachusetts. Tilt- bed truck pulls in, sets the container where you want it, leaves. Below is the short-list of neighborhoods we work in most.
Popular use cases in Boston.
Branded container shops for events, markets, and short-term retail.
Secure yard storage for equipment, tools, and inventory.
Job-site steel boxes that survive the weather and lock tight.
Structural base for modified living spaces and ADUs.
Popular sizes in Boston
- 20ft Used (WWT) — the Southie/Dorchester backyard staple and the standard for Cambridge lab staging. $3,000–$3,800 delivered.
- 40ft Used (WWT) — North Shore estate storage, MetroWest farms, construction staging on 495. $3,600–$4,800.
- 40ft High-Cube One-Trip — Seaport retail buildouts, Cambridge Innovation Center pop-ups, and Cape Cod ADUs. $6,800–$8,000.
Typical delivery windows
- City of Boston (021 ZIPs): 3–5 business days
- Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline: 3–5 business days
- North Shore (Lynn, Salem, Gloucester): 4–6 business days
- South Shore (Quincy, Plymouth, Cape Cod): 4–7 business days
- 495 belt (Framingham, Marlborough): 3–5 business days
Site prep for Boston
New England frost is real — for any permanent Boston-area placement, we recommend railroad-tie pads or 4 concrete piers below the 48-inch frost line. For temporary jobsite use, a compacted gravel pad works year-round.
The single biggest Boston access blocker is historic-district tree canopy on streets like Marlborough, Commonwealth, and the Brookline Reservoir loop. Our pre-call includes a leaf-season vs. winter branch check.
Permits
Boston ISD (Inspectional Services Dept) allows temporary containers on private property under 120 days without a permit. Over 120 days or any commercial/retail use triggers a zoning board review. Historic Beacon Hill, Back Bay, and South End require a specific Landmarks Commission sign-off — we pull it for you.
Permits, wind zones, and HOA notes for Boston.
Boston container regulations at a glance
- City of Boston (ISD): private-property containers allowed under 120 days without a permit. Longer/commercial placement triggers zoning review.
- Historic districts (Beacon Hill, Back Bay, South End, Bay Village): Landmarks Commission sign-off required for any visible container. We handle it.
- Cambridge & Somerville: temporary jobsite use is permitted with notification; residential storage over 60 days typically requires a permit.
- North Shore (Lynn, Salem, Gloucester): most towns allow 90-day temporary placement. Rockport and Manchester-by-the-Sea have stricter aesthetic rules.
- Cape Cod (Barnstable County): container use is allowed on private property; coastal-flood-zone placement requires hurricane-rated anchors and sometimes a local Conservation Commission sign-off.
This is a plain-English summary, not legal advice. We flag the specific permit path in every Boston quote.
What Boston contractors and homeowners are saying.
Dropped 3 × 40ft HCs onto a Seaport podium site in 10 days — they pulled all the ISD paperwork and coordinated the overnight delivery window with the GC.
Historic Brookline, tight tree canopy, Landmarks restrictions. They handled the Historical Commission letter before we even paid. Unreal.
Cambridge biotech storage — needed a clean 20ft one-trip, FAST. Depot photos on Tuesday, on our Kendall Square pad Thursday.
Our team handles every MA quote personally.
Tilt-bed delivered, all-in, no surprise fuel charges. We quote within 1 business hour, often faster.
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