20ft Open Top Container
Inside it measures 5,898 × 2,350 × 2,358 mm (19 ft 4.2 in long), holds 32.5 m³ and takes a payload of roughly 28,240 kg.
- Its planning floor is the same 5,897 × 2,350 mm as the 20ft container's, so every pallet count is identical; it is 34 mm lower inside.
- It shares the lowest maximum gross mass among the 16 container types, 30,480 kg, with the 20ft container, 40ft container, 20ft reefer container and 2 more.
- The roof opening is 5,681 × 2,241 mm, 217 mm shorter and 109 mm narrower than the floor.
- Only the 20ft container has more payload per kg of tare (13.18 kg against 12.61 kg).
- Only the 20ft reefer container has less inside volume (28.3 m³ against 32.5 m³).
32.5m³ inside
5,897 × 2,350 mm planning length
2,350
Top view · doors on the right
2,350
2,348
Door end
doorsdoor opening 2,340 × 2,280 mmEach view drawn to scale, in mm
Specification
Inside
- Length
- 5,898 mm 19 ft 4.2 in
- Width
- 2,350 mm 7 ft 8.5 in
- Height
- 2,358 mm 7 ft 8.8 in
- Volume
- 32.5 m³ 1,148 cu ft
- Floor area
- 13.86 m²
- Volume per TEU
- 32.5 m³
5,897–5,900 across 4 sources
2,350–2,352 across 4 sources
2,348–2,380 across 4 sources
32.5–32.8 across 3 sources
Openings
- Door width
- 2,340 mm
- Door height
- 2,280 mm
- Roof opening length
- 5,681 mm
- Roof opening width
- 2,241 mm
2,338–2,340 across 4 sources
2,277–2,280 across 3 sources
5,440–5,757 across 4 sources
2,190–2,252 across 4 sources
Weight
- Tare
- 2,240 kg 4,938 lb
- Payload
- 28,240 kg 62,259 lb
- Max gross
- 30,480 kg
- Payload per TEU
- 28,240 kg
- Payload per m³
- 869 kg
2,170–2,350 across 3 sources
28,130–28,310 across 3 sources
2 sources agree
Where the weight goes
Every pallet on this floor
Every count here is the same as for the 20ft container, so the full list lives on that page. Here the 1165×1165 (AU) covers the most floor, 97.9% with 10 pallets.
How it compares
Tare weight — 2nd lightest of 16
2,240 kg
2,150 kg · 20ft container40ft platform · 5,700 kg
Payload per kg of tare — 2nd highest of 16
12.61 kg/kg
5.88 kg/kg · 45ft high cube20ft container · 13.18 kg/kg
Inside volume — 9th highest of 10
32.5 m³
28.3 m³ · 20ft reefer container45ft pallet-wide container · 89.6 m³
Against the 20ft container: −0.7 m³ of volume, −34 mm of inside height, −90 kg of payload and +90 kg of tare.
Related
Similar volume
- 20ft container33.2 m³
- 20ft reefer container28.3 m³
- 40ft open top66.4 m³
Similar payload
- 20ft container28,330 kg
- 45ft high cube27,850 kg
- 40ft high cube28,720 kg
Same family
Sources: DSV, Maersk, ONE, Turkon Line. Method