WHAT IS CONTAINER?
Container is a rectangular box made of steel, used to transport goods. Divided into 2 main categories, including: shipping containers for sea and shipping containers for air
TYPES OF SHIPPING CONTAINER BY SEA, AIR AND DIMENSION OF CONTAINER
The capacity of shipping containers by sea is TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units). Therefore, people often call 1 TEU for 20-foot container and 2 TEU for 40-foot container .
Below is the size information of the types of containers shipped by sea and by air:
DIMENSION OF DRY CONTAINERS
| Specifications |
20feet |
40feet |
40feet Hi |
| External container |
Length |
6.06 m |
12.20 m |
12.20 m |
| Width |
2.44 m |
2.44 m |
2.44 m |
| Height |
2.60 m |
2.60 m |
2.90 m |
| Internal container |
Length |
5.89 m |
12.02 m |
12.03 m |
| Width |
2.35 m |
2.35 m |
2.35 m |
| Height |
2.39 m |
2.39 m |
2.70 m |
| Door Opening |
Width |
2.34 m |
2.34 m |
2.34 m |
| Height |
2.28 m |
2.28 m |
2.58 m |
| Capacity |
33.2 m3 |
67.6 m3 |
76.3 m3 |
| Tare weight |
2,370 kg |
3,950 m |
4,150 kg |
| Max Payload |
28,110 kg |
28,550 kg |
28,350 kg |
| Max Gross Weight |
30,480 kg |
32,500 kg |
32,500 kg |
DIMENSION OF REEFER CONTAINERS
| Specifications |
20feet |
40feet |
| External container |
Length |
6.06 m |
12.02 m |
| Rộng |
2.44 m |
2.44 m |
| Width |
2.60 m |
2.90 m |
| Internal container |
Length |
5.45 m |
11.57 m |
| Width |
2.29 m |
2.29 m |
| Height |
2.26 m |
2.54 m |
| Door Opening |
Width |
2.29 m |
2.29 m |
| Height |
2.26 m |
2.56 m |
| Capacity |
28.6 m3 |
67.7 m3 |
| Tare weight |
2,920 kg |
4,850 kg |
| Max Payload |
27,560 kg |
29,150 kg |
| Max Gross Weight |
30,480 kg |
34,000 kg |
DIMENSION OF OPEN TOP CONTAINER
| Specifications |
20feet |
40feet |
| External container |
Length |
6.06 m |
12.20 m |
| Width |
2.44 m |
2.44 m |
| Height |
2.60 m |
2.60 m |
| Internal container |
Length |
5.89 m |
12.03 m |
| Width |
2.35 m |
2.35 m |
| Height |
2.34 m |
2.34 m |
| Door Opening |
Width |
2.34 m |
2.34 m |
| Height |
2.28 m |
2.28 m |
| Capacity |
32.5 m3 |
65.9 m3 |
| Tare weight |
2,400 kg |
4,030 kg |
| Max Payload |
28,080 kg |
26,450 kg |
| Max Gross Weight |
30,480 kg |
30,480 kg |
DIMENSION OF TANK CONTAINER
| Specifications |
20feet |
40feet |
| External container |
Length |
6.06 m |
12.20 m |
| Width |
2.44 m |
2.44 m |
| Height |
2.60 m |
2.60 m |
| Capacity |
26,000 lít |
47,000 lít |
| Tare weight |
4,190 kg |
13,200 kg |
| Max Payload |
26,290 kg |
22,800 kg |
| Max Gross Weight |
30,480 kg |
36,000 kg |
DIMENSION OF FLAT RACK CONTAINER
| Specifications |
20feet |
40feet |
| External container |
Length |
6.06 m |
12.20 m |
| Width |
2.44 m |
2.44 m |
| Height |
2.60 m |
2.60 m |
| Internal container |
Length |
5.89 m |
11.98 m |
| Width |
2.19 m |
2.37 m |
| Height |
2.23 m |
1.95 m |
| Capacity |
28.8 m3 |
51.7 m3 |
| Tare weight |
2,800 kg |
4,900 kg |
| Max Payload |
31,200 kg |
40,100 kg |
| Max Gross Weight |
34,000 kg |
45,000 kg |
DIMENSION OF LD3 CONTAINER
| Specifications |
| Container bottom size |
Length |
1,562 m |
| Width |
1,534 m |
| Height |
1.625 m |
| Capacity |
4.5 m3 |
| Tare weight |
65 kg |
| Max Payload |
1,567 kg |
| Plane |
B777 / B787 / A350 / A330 |
DIMENSION OF LD3-45 CONTAINER
| Specifications |
| Container bottom size |
Length |
1.562 m |
| Width |
1.534 m |
| Height |
1.143 m |
| Capacity |
3.6 m3 |
| Tare weight |
67 kg |
| Max Payload |
1,587 kg |
| Plane |
A321 |
DIMENSION OF AMP CONTAINER
| Specifications |
| Container bottom size |
Length |
3.175 m |
| Width |
2.438 m |
| Height |
1.612 m |
| Capacity |
11.5 m3 |
| Tare weight |
303 kg |
| Max Payload |
6,804 kg |
| Plane |
B777 / B787 / A350 / A330 |