40ft Standard Dry Container
Inside it measures 12,031 × 2,350 × 2,392 mm (39 ft 5.7 in long), holds 67.7 m³ and takes a payload of roughly 27,600 kg.
- Its planning floor is the same 12,030 × 2,350 mm as the 40ft high cube's, so every pallet count is identical; it is 306 mm lower inside.
- It shares the lowest maximum gross mass among the 16 container types, 30,480 kg, with the 20ft container, 20ft reefer container, 20ft open top and 2 more.
- The pallet that fills this floor best is the 1165×1165 (AU), at 96.0%; the EUR1 leaves the most unused, at 84.9%.
- Published tare figures for it disagree by 9%: 3,530–3,850 kg across 4 sources.
- Among the 4 standard dry containers, it has the lowest payload (27,600 kg).
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
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1200×1000 along the lengthturned acrossdoorsdoor opening 2,340 × 2,280 mmEach view drawn to scale, in mm
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EUR6 half pallet along the lengthturned acrossdoorsdoor opening 2,340 × 2,280 mmEach view drawn to scale, in mm
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48×40 (GMA) along the lengthturned acrossdoorsdoor opening 2,340 × 2,280 mmEach view drawn to scale, in mm
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1165×1165 (AU) along the lengthdoorsdoor opening 2,340 × 2,280 mmEach view drawn to scale, in mm
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1100×1100 along the lengthdoorsdoor opening 2,340 × 2,280 mmEach view drawn to scale, in mm
Top view · doors on the right
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1067×1067 along the lengthdoorsdoor opening 2,340 × 2,280 mmEach view drawn to scale, in mm
Top view · doors on the right
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CP3 along the lengthdoorsdoor opening 2,340 × 2,280 mmEach view drawn to scale, in mm
Specification
Inside
- Length
- 12,031 mm 39 ft 5.7 in
- Width
- 2,350 mm 7 ft 8.5 in
- Height
- 2,392 mm 7 ft 10.2 in
- Volume
- 67.7 m³ 2,391 cu ft
- Floor area
- 28.27 m²
- Volume per TEU
- 33.9 m³
Openings
- Door width
- 2,340 mm
- Door height
- 2,280 mm
Outside
- Length
- 12,192 mm
- Width
- 2,438 mm
- Height
- 2,591 mm
Weight
- Tare
- 3,695 kg 8,146 lb
- Payload
- 27,600 kg 60,848 lb
- Max gross
- 30,480 kg
- Payload per TEU
- 13,800 kg
- Payload per m³
- 408 kg
Where the weight goes
Every pallet on this floor
- 1165×1165 (AU)2096.0%
- 600×400 quarter pallet11093.4%
- EUR6 half pallet5593.4%
- EUR22293.4%
- EUR32293.4%
- 1200×10002293.4%
- CP32091.9%
- 48×20 half pallet4189.9%
- 1067×10672288.6%
- 48×40 (GMA)2087.6%
- 1100×11002085.6%
- EUR12584.9%
The 40ft high cube, 40ft open top, 40ft high cube open top have exactly the same counts.
How it compares
Maximum payload — 14th highest of 16
Payload per TEU — 12th highest of 16
Floor area — 5th highest of 15
Against the 20ft container: +34.5 m³ of volume, +6,133 mm of inside length, −730 kg of payload and +1,545 kg of tare.
Against the 40ft high cube: −8.7 m³ of volume, −306 mm of inside height, −1,120 kg of payload and −55 kg of tare.
Against the 40ft open top: +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 open top66.4 m³
- 40ft high cube open top75.3 m³
Similar payload
- 20ft reefer container27,670 kg
- 40ft high cube open top27,395 kg
- 45ft high cube27,850 kg
Same family
Guides: 20ft vs 40ft vs 40ft high cube
Sources: DSV, Maersk, ONE, SeaCube, Turkon Line, ISO 668 via Wikipedia. Method