Global Container Straddle Carrier Rental Market Growth (Status and Outlook) 2026-2032

The global Container Straddle Carrier Rental market size is predicted to grow from US$ 837 million in 2025 to US$ 1114 million in 2032; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.7% from 2026 to 2032.

Container Straddle Carrier Rental is a B2B equipment service that provides container-handling straddle carriers to users on a short-term or long-term basis (daily/weekly/monthly or multi-year), instead of outright purchase. The rented straddle carrier is a mobile lifting vehicle that “straddles” an ISO container, picks it up, transports it within a yard, and can stack containers to support quayside-to-yard and yard-to-landside workflows. Typical rental models include dry hire (equipment only) and fully maintained rental (equipment plus preventive maintenance, breakdown support, parts, and operator safety systems), often bundled with telematics/usage monitoring and uptime guarantees. This service is used by container terminals, intermodal yards, depots, logistics parks, and industrial sites to cover peak volumes, maintenance downtime, temporary projects, trials of new powertrains (hybrid/electric), or CAPEX constraints, while converting ownership costs into predictable OPEX.

The container straddle carrier rental market is structurally driven by (1) volatility in terminal and depot volumes, (2) high unit prices and long lead times for new equipment, and (3) the operational value of guaranteed uptime. In practice, rental demand clusters around three scenarios: peak-season capacity uplift, contingency replacement during breakdown/overhaul, and project-based deployment (new yard commissioning, temporary overflow sites, or construction logistics). Service providers differentiate via fleet availability, regional coverage, and contract structure—ranging from short-term “hire” with defined periods (e.g., 0–3 months and beyond) to multi-year rental/after-sales contracts that bundle maintenance and parts for predictable cost. A second growth engine is decarbonization: terminals increasingly trial hybrid/electric machines before fleet-wide rollouts; OEM-led rental programs (e.g., packaged rental solutions) reduce adoption risk and accelerate learning curves.

LPI (LP Information)' newest research report, the “Container Straddle Carrier Rental Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Container Straddle Carrier Rental sales in 2025, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Container Straddle Carrier Rental sales for 2026 through 2032. With Container Straddle Carrier Rental sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Container Straddle Carrier Rental industry.

This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Container Straddle Carrier Rental landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyses the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Container Straddle Carrier Rental portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Container Straddle Carrier Rental market.

This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Container Straddle Carrier Rental and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Container Straddle Carrier Rental.

This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Container Straddle Carrier Rental market by product type, application, key players and key regions and countries.

Segmentation by Type:
Short-Term Rental
Mid-Term Rental
Long-Term Rental

Segmentation by Driving Method:
Diesel
Battery-Electric
Others

Segmentation by Lifting Capacities:
Lifting Capacities: ≤30 t
Lifting Capacities: 30-50 t
Lifting Capacities: ≥50 t

Segmentation by Application:
Port Terminal
Intermodal Yard
Others

This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries

The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analyzing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
Kalmar
Aprolis
Mobicon Systems
Project Dry Hire
Alta Material Handling
Dawsongroup Material Handling
Pure Services
Summit ToyotaLift
Fork Truck Direct
Allways Forktruck Services
Feyter Forklift Services

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