40 ft container dimensions
The length, width and height of 40 feet container are 12.017 meters long, 2.342 meters wide and 2.693 meters high.
40ft containers are common in ocean shipping because the price of full ocean shipping is more appropriate and safer than consolidated cargo. However, sometimes the size can cause confusion, so confirming the size of your chosen container before loading is important for smooth transportation and trade.
Container shipping is a convenient and flexible way of transporting goods using containers. It can minimize the damage of goods caused during transportation, and the loading and unloading of full containers greatly facilitates the transportation and the loading and unloading of ports.
40-foot container can be loaded with about 30t of goods, in addition, there are many types of containers, refrigerated containers, dry containers, liquid containers, etc., so the materials used to make the containers are also different, including Glass steel containers, aluminum alloy containers, and so on.
40 ft Container Dimensions
Capacity of 40 feet flatbed container
A 40-foot flatbed container can generally hold 54 cubic meters, but containers of the same size have slightly different internal volumes due to differences in structure and manufacturing materials.
Containers are categorized by structure
1, fixed container
According to the fixed container can also be divided into closed containers, open top containers, plate rack containers, etc..
2, folding container
Folding container, refers to the main parts of the container (side walls, end walls and box top) can be simply folded or decomposed, and can be easily reassembled when used again.
3, Thin shell container
Thin shell containers, all parts are steel body, the advantage is light weight, can adapt to the occurrence of torsion without causing permanent deformation.
How many specifications of the international standard container?
The current international standard for containers all have the same width (2438mm)
There are four lengths (12,192mm, 9,125mm, 6,058mm, 2,991mm).
There are three kinds of height (2896mm, 2591mm, 2438mm).
That is, 40 feet, 30 feet, 20 feet, 10 feet, but 40 feet and 20 feet common, general container height of 2438mm, in addition to the heightened container.
40 ft Container Dimensions
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40 ft Container Dimensions
