Shipping Containers For Sale in Philadelphia.

Thirty Hospitals. A Hundred Universities. Constant Construction.

Philadelphia’s economy is dominated by two sectors that generate perpetual construction demand: education and healthcare — locally known as "eds and meds." The University of Pennsylvania — an Ivy League research university — and its affiliated Penn Medicine health system together form the largest private employer in the city and one of the largest in the state. The Penn campus in University City is in permanent expansion mode — new research buildings, clinical facilities, residential towers, and mixed-use development reshaping the blocks between 30th Street Station and the Schuylkill River. Penn Medicine operates multiple hospitals and outpatient facilities across the metro, each generating its own renovation and construction cycle.

Temple University, Drexel University, Thomas Jefferson University, Villanova, La Salle, Saint Joseph’s — the concentration of major universities in and around Philadelphia is among the highest in the country, and every campus has its own capital projects pipeline. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia — CHOP — is one of the top pediatric hospitals in the world and has been building aggressively for years. Jefferson Health, Main Line Health, and the Penn Medicine Lancaster General system all operate facilities across the metro with continuous renovation needs.

The Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery complex in South Philadelphia — formerly the largest oil refinery on the East Coast before a catastrophic explosion and fire in 2019 — is being redeveloped into a mixed-use life sciences and logistics campus called The Bellwether District. That 1,300-acre site represents one of the largest urban redevelopment projects in the country and will generate construction, storage, and staging demand for a decade or more. The Port of Philadelphia on the Delaware River handles containerized cargo, fruit imports, and breakbulk freight. The Navy Yard continues to add tenants and build out infrastructure. The construction pipeline in Philadelphia is structural, multi-sector, and perpetual.

Up I-95 and Across the Delaware Valley.

We load at St. George, take I-95 north through Richmond, Washington, and Baltimore, continue through Wilmington, Delaware, and into the Philadelphia metro from the south. The drive is about eight hours, and most deliveries land within three to five business days depending on scheduling and load sequencing.

Before the truck leaves, we walk through your site — surface type, gate clearance, turning radius, overhead lines, grade, and exact placement. Philadelphia’s delivery conditions are among the most varied in our service area. South Philadelphia — the row house neighborhoods below Washington Avenue — has some of the narrowest streets and tightest access anywhere on the East Coast. No setbacks, no driveways, alley access only in most blocks. Dropping a container in Passyunk, Point Breeze, or Grays Ferry requires alley measurement, overhead wire clearance, and sometimes permit coordination. North Philadelphia and Kensington have wider industrial blocks mixed with residential, and access varies block by block.

West Philadelphia and University City have a mix of institutional campuses with good access and tight Victorian residential blocks without it. The Navy Yard, the airport corridor, and the industrial areas along the Delaware River — from Port Richmond down to the refineries — have wide commercial access. The suburbs — King of Prussia, Conshohocken, Plymouth Meeting, Bala Cynwyd in Montgomery County; Media, Swarthmore, Chester in Delaware County; Doylestown, Langhorne in Bucks County — are generally straightforward suburban deliveries with wider roads and better clearance.

We also serve the New Jersey side — Camden, Cherry Hill, Haddonfield, Moorestown, Mount Laurel, and the Burlington County corridor. We know the roads, we plan for the terrain, and the driver arrives with a clear path to your placement spot.