Container Agents
Container Services in Pretoria

Container Agents offer services from container sales, rentals, arranging transport and custom-made conversions to suit each client's needs using second hand container units.

Big Box Containers is a leading provider of high-quality new and used shipping containers and refrigerated containers (reefers). Drawing on two decades of experience, the company also offers expert conversion of containers, customising them for a wide range of uses. The company’s mission is to create and use space in innovative ways, and to enable people to achieve their business objectives through the spaces it provides. Prior to that, the company’s current managing director, Jasper Coetzee, and many others on the team gained experience in the shipping container industry working for Triton, and later for the South African division of the Australian group, Royal Wolf. Today Big Box Containers is one of the biggest privately owned container rental, sales and conversion companies in Africa. It has branches in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria. In 2014, Big Box Containers joined the XtraSpace group, which focuses on offering flexible space solutions across a number of industries. In 2017, Big Box expanded its offerings in Gauteng through the acquisition of Container Agents, a Pretoria-based container company. We love turning requirements and innovative ideas into space and storage solutions, and we continue breaking new ground in container customisation. Although Big Box Containers has expanded rapidly, it has succeeded in maintaining loyal staff, with low turnover and a family culture based on mutual respect. Several employees have been with the company since it was first founded. Our staff come from working class communities, and these communities are in need on so many fronts. We have supplied containers for a number of community and charitable initiatives, from large-scale projects like the Orange Babies’ children’s home or the Skateistan skateboard park in Johannesburg to more humble, but equally important projects for local schools and crèches. For us, our biggest resource is our people and the communities around us. Because we believe that our CSI Strategy must harness and build upon our core business strengths, we see it as not outside our business, but rather integrated into our business. Briefly explain who the beneficiaries of the project are or will be. What percentage of the funds will be utilised for the beneficiaries versus administrative costs? Briefly explain if your organisation is amenable to co-branding, and if you have any proposed ideas for marketing opportunities. Due to a large volume of sponsorship applications, we are not able to respond to those that are not successful.