Container Dimensions

Knowing the correct size of container to use is difficult. To try and help ease the process we have put together a table which contains the dimensions of our most common container types. Please choose the type of container you would like to view dimensions for:

Standard Container Sizes

Metric

	External Length (m)	External Height (m)	External Width (m)	Internal Length (m)	Internal Height (m)	Internal Width (m)	Door Width (m)	Door Height (m)	Capacity (cubic mtr)
8ft	2.43	2.26	2.2	2.28	2.06	2.11	2.1	1.99	9.95
10ft	2.99	2.59	2.43	2.84	2.39	2.35	2.34	2.28	15.95
20ft	6.06	2.59	2.43	5.9	2.39	2.35	2.34	2.28	33.1
40ft	12.2	2.59	2.43	12.04	2.39	2.35	2.34	2.28	67.6
20ft Tunnel	6.06	2.59	2.43	5.84	2.39	2.35	2.34	2.28	32
20ft Open Side	6.06	2.59	2.43	5.9	2.29	2.28	2.21	2.16	31
40ft High Cube	12.2	2.89	2.43	12.04	2.69	2.35	2.34	2.58	76.2
20ft Open-top	6.06	2.59	2.43	5.96	2.35	2.35	2.34	2.28	33
40ft Open-top	12.2	2.59	2.43	12.04	2.35	2.35	2.34	2.28	67.6

Imperial

	External Length	External Height	External Width	Internal Length	Internal Height	Internal Width	Door Width	Door Height	Capacity (cubic ft)
8ft	8ft	7ft 6in	7ft	7ft 6in	6ft 6in	6ft 6in	6ft 6in	6ft 6in	351
10ft	9ft 10in	8ft 6in	8ft	9ft 3in	7ft 10in	7ft 8in	7ft 8in	7ft 5in	561
20ft	20ft	8ft 6in	8ft	19ft 4in	7ft 10in	7ft 8in	7ft 8in	7ft 5in	1170
40ft	40ft	8ft 6in	8ft	39ft 5in	7ft 10in	7ft 8in	7ft 8in	7ft 5in	2386
20ft Tunnel	20ft	8ft 6in	8ft	19ft 1in	7ft 10in	7ft 8in	7ft 8in	7ft 6in	1130
20ft Open Side	20ft	8ft 6in	8ft	19ft 4in	7ft 10in	7ft 6in	7ft 5in	7ft 8in	1170
40ft High Cube	40ft	9ft 6in	8ft	39ft 5in	8ft 10in	7ft 8in	7ft 8in	8ft 5in	2700
20ft Open-top	20ft	8ft 6in	8ft	19ft 4in	7ft 8in	7ft 8in	7ft 8in	7ft 8in	1170
40ft Open-top	40ft	8ft 6in	8ft	39ft 5in	7ft 8in	7ft 8in	7ft 8in	7ft 8in	2386

Flat Pack Container Sizes

Metric

	Length (m)	Width (m)	Height (m), flat packed	Height (m) assembled	Door Width (m)	Weight (kg)
2m Galvanised Store	2.02	2.14	0.3	2.09	1.25	271
2m Powder Coated Store	2.02	2.14	0.3	2.09	1.25	271
3m Galvanised Store	3.06	2.14	0.3	2.14	1.25	400
3m Powder Coated Store	3.06	2.14	0.3	2.14	1.25	400
4m Galvanised Store	4.05	2.14	0.3	2.14	1.25	400
4m Powder Coated Store	12.2	2.14	0.3	2.14	1.25	400