20ft Standard Dry Container
Inside it measures 5,898 × 2,350 × 2,392 mm (19 ft 4.2 in long), holds 33.2 m³ and takes a payload of roughly 28,330 kg.
- Its planning floor is the same 5,897 × 2,350 mm as the 20ft open top's, so every pallet count is identical; it is 34 mm taller inside.
- Of the 16 container types, it has the most payload per kg of tare: 13.18 kg, 0.57 kg more than the 20ft open top.
- It has the lightest tare of the 16 container types: 2,150 kg, 90 kg less than the 20ft open top.
- It shares the lowest maximum gross mass among the 16 container types, 30,480 kg, with the 40ft container, 20ft reefer container, 20ft open top and 2 more.
- 11 EUR1 or 9 48×40 pallets fit; the 48×40 (GMA) covers 4.2 points more of the floor (80.4% against 76.2%).
Top view · doors on the right
Door end
EUR1 along the lengthturned acrossdoorsdoor opening 2,340 × 2,280 mmEach view drawn to scale, in mm
Top view · doors on the right
Door end
1200×1000 along the lengthturned acrossdoorsdoor opening 2,340 × 2,280 mmEach view drawn to scale, in mm
Top view · doors on the right
Door end
48×40 (GMA) along the lengthturned acrossdoorsdoor opening 2,340 × 2,280 mmEach view drawn to scale, in mm
Top view · doors on the right
Door end
1165×1165 (AU) along the lengthdoorsdoor opening 2,340 × 2,280 mmEach view drawn to scale, in mm
Top view · doors on the right
Door end
1100×1100 along the lengthdoorsdoor 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
- 2,392 mm 7 ft 10.2 in
- Volume
- 33.2 m³ 1,172 cu ft
- Floor area
- 13.86 m²
- Volume per TEU
- 33.2 m³
Openings
- Door width
- 2,340 mm
- Door height
- 2,280 mm
Outside
- Length
- 6,058 mm
- Width
- 2,438 mm
- Height
- 2,591 mm
Weight
- Tare
- 2,150 kg 4,740 lb
- Payload
- 28,330 kg 62,457 lb
- Max gross
- 30,480 kg
- Payload per TEU
- 28,330 kg
- Payload per m³
- 853 kg
Where the weight goes
Every pallet on this floor
- 1165×1165 (AU)1097.9%
- CP31093.8%
- 600×400 quarter pallet5290.1%
- 1100×11001087.3%
- EUR6 half pallet2586.6%
- 48×20 half pallet1985.0%
- 1067×10671082.2%
- 48×40 (GMA)980.4%
- EUR2977.9%
- EUR3977.9%
- 1200×1000977.9%
- EUR11176.2%
The 20ft open top has exactly the same counts.
How it compares
Tare weight — lightest of 16
Payload per kg of tare — highest of 16
Payload per TEU — 4th highest of 16
Against the 40ft container: −34.5 m³ of volume, −6,133 mm of inside length, +730 kg of payload and −1,545 kg of tare.
Against the 20ft reefer container: +4.9 m³ of volume, +122 mm of inside height, +444 mm of inside length, +660 kg of payload and −660 kg of tare.
Against the 20ft open top: +0.7 m³ of volume, +34 mm of inside height, +90 kg of payload and −90 kg of tare.
Related
Similar volume
- 20ft open top32.5 m³
- 20ft reefer container28.3 m³
- 40ft open top66.4 m³
Similar payload
- 20ft open top28,240 kg
- 40ft high cube28,720 kg
- 45ft high cube27,850 kg
Same family
Sources: DSV, Maersk, ONE, SeaCube, Turkon Line, ISO 668 via Wikipedia. Method