Transport Container Sizes

At big box containers we rent and sell both steel dry cargo and aluminium refrigerated containers including 6 metre 12 metre and hi cube containers.

Transport container sizes. Popular shipping container types sizes. 8 wide by 8 6 high and 20 or 40 in length. The table of cargo shipping container sizes below shows the dimensions in both standard and metric system measurements. Schumacher cargo shipping container dimensions.

An intermodal container often called a shipping container is a large standardized shipping container designed and built for intermodal freight transport meaning these containers can be used across different modes of transport from ship to rail to truck without unloading and reloading their cargo. When you re comparing shipping containers there are several dimensions you need to consider. These are the height width length and internal storage volume. To see us load a 40ft shipping container watch our short car shipping demo.

Or high cube containers. The ubiquitous shipping container has affected all our lives whether we are involved in the business of shipping or not but in an extremely positive way. Shipping container dimensions and uses. Intermodal containers are primarily used to store and transport materials and products.

Most shipping containers have similar heights and widths but there are always exceptions. Commonly the height of a container will be 8ft 6 and a high cube will have an additional foot to be 9ft 6. See our table below for more information on sizes. Shipping containers and storage containers can come in a range of sizes 20ft and 40ft shipping containers are the most common container lengths externally and 8ft in width as standard.

Smaller 10ft 2 99m and 8ft 2 43m containers are also available but cannot be shipped in the same way as 20ft and 40ft containers. 8 wide by 9 6 high with lengths up to 53 the thickness of the container walls affects the available space within individual shipping containers of course. Shipping containers today frequently occur in two main sizes. But do you know there are different container sizes and types of different dimensions that are in circulation today each of which is used for a different purpose.

A standard iso 20ft shipping container has a capacity of 33 1m 3 enough room for almost 100 household washing machines. 20ft and 40ft containers are the most common. Container dimensions by type. 45 high cube dry containers.

We also convert shipping containers for a myriad of uses from offices to event spaces kitchens schools and ablution blocks.