40ft Open Top Container
Inside it measures 12,030 × 2,350 × 2,367 mm (39 ft 5.6 in long), holds 66.4 m³ and takes a payload of roughly 26,615 kg.
- It has the lowest payload of the 16 container types: 26,615 kg, 780 kg less than the 40ft high cube open top.
- 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 11,798 × 2,210 mm, 232 mm shorter and 140 mm narrower than the floor.
- The pallet that fills this floor best is the 1165×1165 (AU), at 96.1%; the EUR1 leaves the most unused, at 85.0%.
66.4m³ inside
12,022 × 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
- 12,030 mm 39 ft 5.6 in
- Width
- 2,350 mm 7 ft 8.5 in
- Height
- 2,367 mm 7 ft 9.2 in
- Volume
- 66.4 m³ 2,345 cu ft
- Floor area
- 28.27 m²
- Volume per TEU
- 33.2 m³
12,022–12,030 across 3 sources
3 sources agree
2,348–2,380 across 3 sources
66.3–66.9 across 3 sources
Openings
- Door width
- 2,340 mm
- Door height
- 2,280 mm
- Roof opening length
- 11,798 mm
- Roof opening width
- 2,210 mm
2,338–2,340 across 3 sources
2,277–2,290 across 3 sources
11,570–11,871 across 3 sources
2,190–2,230 across 3 sources
Weight
- Tare
- 3,865 kg 8,521 lb
- Payload
- 26,615 kg 58,676 lb
- Max gross
- 30,480 kg
- Payload per TEU
- 13,308 kg
- Payload per m³
- 401 kg
3,850–3,880 across 2 sources
26,600–26,630 across 2 sources
1 source
Where the weight goes
Every pallet on this floor
Every count here is the same as for the 40ft container, so the full list lives on that page. Here the 1165×1165 (AU) covers the most floor, 96.1% with 20 pallets.
How it compares
Maximum payload — 16th highest of 16
26,615 kg
26,615 kg · 40ft open top40ft high cube flat rack · 47,300 kg
Payload per TEU — 14th highest of 16
13,308 kg
12,378 kg · 45ft high cube20ft flat rack · 32,570 kg
Floor area — 5th highest of 15
28.3 m²
12.5 m² · 20ft reefer container45ft pallet-wide container · 33.1 m²
Against the 40ft container: −1.3 m³ of volume, −25 mm of inside height, −1 mm of inside length, −985 kg of payload and +170 kg of tare.
Related
Similar volume
- 40ft high cube reefer67.4 m³
- 40ft container67.7 m³
- 40ft high cube open top75.3 m³
Similar payload
- 40ft high cube open top27,395 kg
- 40ft container27,600 kg
- 20ft reefer container27,670 kg
Same family
Sources: DSV, ONE, Turkon Line. Method