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Spotlight on Common Container Dimensions

Posted on 23/11/2020

In 1989 in Long Island, New York, a local contractor bought a shipping crate for $100 USD. Inside the crate he discovered a Lotus Esprit from James Bond film “The Spy Who Loved Me”. He sold the car to none other than Elon Musk for the paltry sum of $1m USD. 

Although this unusual find joins a list of similarly bizarre container finds, the vast majority of the world’s 530 million containers carry commodities all over the world, helping people to live and businesses to grow.

Below is our guide to Container Sizes to help your teams understand and decide on the best options when moving your products across land and sea.

CONTAINERS

Size: They say size isn’t everything but when it comes to shipping containers it is the main consideration.  The most common sizes are 20-foot and 40-foot containers. Both are 8 feet wide.  Too big and you are wasting space and money, too small and your goods might not all fit inside. 

DRY CONTAINERS

Image: Dry containers

20-FOOT/40-FOOT/40-FOOTHIGH CUBE

The most common freight containers, they are known as “dry” as they are not suitable for the transportation of liquids.

A 20-foot container’s internal dimensions are

20 ft container
Image: 20 foot refrigerated container
  • In feet: 19’ 4” long x 7’ 9” wide x 7’ 10” high
  • In meters: 5.898m long x 2.352m wide x 2.393m high
  • Usable Capacity: 32.6m3

It has 146 sq ft (13.86m2) of floor space and 1,172 cubic ft of volume (33.2m3). Depending on the type of pallet you use, it can hold 10 standard pallets or 12 Euro pallets without stacking.

40-Foot container dimensions

40 ft dry container
Image: 40 foot dry container
  • In feet: 39’ 6” long x 7’ 9” wide x 7’ 10” high
  • In meters: 12.025m long x 2.352m wide x 2.393m high
  • Usable Capacity: 67.7m3

It has 285 sq ft (26.47m2) of floor space and 2,120 cubic ft (60m3) of volume. Depending on the type of pallet you use, it can hold 22 standard pallets or 27 Euro pallets without stacking.

What Is a 40ft High Cube Shipping Container?

Standing 300mm (12 inches) taller than the standard unit, a 40ft high cube container delivers an extra 9 cubic meters of capacity over its standard counterpart.

Standard 40ft container capacity: 2360 cu ft (66.83m³)
40ft high cube capacity: 2660cu ft (75.32m³)

REFRIGERATED CONTAINERS

Image: Refrigerated Container

20 Foot

20 ft refrigerated container
Image: 20 foot refrigerated container
  • INSIDE LENGTH: 5.724 m
  • INSIDE WIDTH: 2.286 m
  • INSIDE HEIGHT: 2.014 m
  • DOOR WIDTH: 2.286 m
  • DOOR HEIGHT: 2.067 m
  • CAPACITY: 26 m3
  • TARE WEIGHT: 2550 Kgs
  • MAX CARGO WEIGHT: 21450 Kgs

40 Foot

40 ft refrigerated container
Image: 40 foot refrigerated container
  • INSIDE LENGTH: 11.840 m
  • INSIDE WIDTH: 2.286 m
  • INSIDE HEIGHT: 2.120 m
  • DOOR WIDTH: 2.286 m
  • DOOR HEIGHT: 2.195 m
  • CAPACITY: 60 m3
  • TARE WEIGHT: 3850 Kgs
  • MAX CARGO WEIGHT: 26630 Kgs

SPECIALIZED CONTAINERS

Specialised containers are non-standard containers for specialist purposes, such as side door containers are suitable for larger individual items.  Tunnel containers are good for frequent loading access and top loading containers work best for over-height dry cargo. 

Image: Specialized Container
Image: Specialized Container

PG Paper’s Logistics Division

The Logistics Division of PG Paper plays a crucial role in our business, working across 5 continents and 60 countries.  Working closely with port authorities, shipping agents, customs and suppliers, we ensure fast, efficient delivery of our products to our clients.

Fiona Dempester

– Written By

Fiona Dempster, Head of PG Paper Logistics

Filed Under: Company News

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