Container Dimensions

Our Standard Containers Sizes
In the world of container hire or sales, standard shipping containers come in 10ft, 20ft and 40-foot sizes. And if you’re working in an industry (like mining, construction, energy, etc) where 40 foot containers might not be big enough; you can super-size your order by adding additional containers (either side by side, or stacked) with the use of Port Shipping Containers’ very own, industry-leading ‘Port Joining Kits’.

A Container size should be considered as having two – and internal and external. Being generally rectangular in shape and cubed, measures will include a width, height and length.

The internal size will be important to know for your contents going into the container, and the external size for the location or surrounding area your container will be placed. With the outside area a few more things should be considered, like will the box be able to conveniently be picked or moved around if needed? This means ample space above and around it. Take a look at Pretcon Container Terminal has a Transport Guide to show you how containers are delivered. Let’s not forget about the openings of containers either! We have a number of different shipping containers that can have a variety of openings installed, Side Opening Containers will need at least double the base width to get only half of the door open.

The external area needs to be carefully thought about as the space outside the container has more variables. You do not want to restrict either the movement of your container coming in and out or the opening of doors.

External Shipping Container Dimensions
The following details how each external measurement is taken:

External Length – measured from the farthest points along the longest side of the container. This measurement is the most common reference to this the size of containers e.g. 20 foot, 40 foot.
External Width – measured on the narrowest side or on the container door end (unless the container has been modified).
External Height – measured from the bottom frame to the top frame of the container, on the outside.

Internal Shipping Container Dimensions
The following explains how each internal measurement is taken:

Internal Width – measured from the two longest sides of the container on the inside
Internal Length – measured from the two shortest sides of the container on the inside.
Internal Height – measured from the floor level to the ceiling level of the container inside.
Door Opening Width – this is calculated from the inside right and left of the support frames, allowing for a small gap for the opening radius of the door.
Door Opening Height – this is calculated from the floor to underneath the horizontal cross support of the container or the top of the door opening, it is usually the same or less than the internal height.

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