New Skip Deliveries: Do You Really Need Them?
There’s nothing better than a fresh load of new skips or RoRos arriving in the yard. It’s a sign of growth. Business is booming. More demand means more containers, right?
Each skip and RoRo costs thousands. Skip operators are spending up to £6,000 per container. That’s a serious investment, and every one of them needs to earn it back.
The trouble is, a lot don’t.
PIN’s customer data shows that 40% of the industry’s skips are classed as slow movers, sitting on site for over a month, often far longer. Many go unused. Many don’t generate a single invoice.
And it adds up fast. We estimate that the industry is spending £100 million a year on skips it doesn’t actually need.
The Root Cause: Lost Visibility
Skip operations move fast. Trucks roll out, containers are dropped, exchanged, returned, re-used. At this pace, it’s almost impossible for manual processes to keep up. Data falls behind reality. Skips go missing. Records go out of sync. Decisions aren’t backed by data.
Without live tracking, it’s hard to know:
- Where your skips are
- How long they’ve been there
- Which waste stream they’re collecting
- What contract they’re assigned to
- If they’re still needed
We’ve seen skips sit idle for years. High-value assets earning nothing.
When demand spikes, the instinct is to buy more. But the real opportunity isn’t buying more containers. It’s getting more out of the ones you already have.
That’s what PIN gives you: a full view of your skip fleet, every skip and RoRo tracked, every container matched to their contract, every customer site mapped. All in real-time, with no manual input.
What You Can Do With That Data
- Increase sales by actioning slow-moving skips – bringing forward exchanges, right-sizing containers, or applying rental payments
- Reallocate containers to more productive contracts
- Create 30% surplus capacity on average
- Eliminate unnecessary skip purchases
- Allow your sales team to sell into this free capacity
Our customers use PIN to maximise the potential of their existing fleet. Skips that would have sat idle are now turning regularly – generating revenue, and removing the need for new purchases altogether.
Low Cost, High Return
Our tracking devices are low-cost, high-performance, with a 10-year battery life. Our Field Technicians visit every customer site, depot, and third-party location to fit them. The rollout is handled by us. No distractions for your team.
As Cireco’s Scott Ramsey simply puts it;
“PIN pays for itself many times over.”
Ready to Take Control?
Had a new skip delivery recently? Let’s make it your last for many years to come.
Every skip accounted for, every decision backed by data. See what’s possible with PIN.
