40ft Flat Rack Container
An open deck with no side walls: about 12,192 × 2,438 mm overall, carrying a payload of roughly 40,000 kg on a tare of 5,000 kg.
- It has the least inside height of the 13 container types where it is published: 1,960 mm, 302 mm less than the 40ft high cube flat rack.
- It has the narrowest inside of the 13 container types where it is published: 2,208 mm, 64 mm less than the 20ft flat rack.
- Only the 40ft high cube flat rack has a higher payload (47,300 kg against 40,000 kg).
- Published tare figures for it disagree by 24%: 4,990–6,200 kg across 3 sources.
- Among the 3 flat rack containers, it has the least payload per kg of tare (8.00 kg).
40,000kg payloadon a 5,000 kg tare · 44,995 kg max gross
12,192 mm outside length
2,591
Side view
Side view to scale, in mm. End walls and deck are drawn schematically; the dashed box is the published usable length and height.
Specification
Inside
- Length
- 11,660 mm 38 ft 3.1 in
- Width
- 2,208 mm 7 ft 2.9 in
- Height
- 1,960 mm 6 ft 5.2 in
- Floor area
- 25.75 m²
11,652–11,686 across 3 sources
2,116–2,400 across 3 sources
1,955–2,140 across 3 sources
Outside
- Length
- 12,192 mm
- Width
- 2,438 mm
- Height
- 2,591 mm
2 sources agree
2 sources agree
1 source
Weight
- Tare
- 5,000 kg 11,023 lb
- Payload
- 40,000 kg 88,185 lb
- Max gross
- 44,995 kg
- Payload per TEU
- 20,000 kg
4,990–6,200 across 3 sources
38,800–40,010 across 3 sources
44,990–45,000 across 2 sources
Where the weight goes
How it compares
Maximum payload — 2nd highest of 16
40,000 kg
26,615 kg · 40ft open top40ft high cube flat rack · 47,300 kg
Tare weight — 14th lightest of 16
5,000 kg
2,150 kg · 20ft container40ft platform · 5,700 kg
Floor area — 10th highest of 15
25.8 m²
12.5 m² · 20ft reefer container45ft pallet-wide container · 33.1 m²
Against the 20ft flat rack: −322 mm of inside height, +6,057 mm of inside length, +7,430 kg of payload and +2,270 kg of tare.
Against the 40ft high cube flat rack: −302 mm of inside height, +5 mm of inside length, −7,300 kg of payload and −200 kg of tare.
Related
Similar payload
- 40ft platform39,300 kg
- 40ft high cube flat rack47,300 kg
- 20ft flat rack32,570 kg
Same family
Sources: DSV, ONE, Turkon Line. Method