20ft & 40ft Shipping Containers

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20FT OST

20ft Open Soft Top Container

20FT OST

Details

Not all cargo can be loaded via a container’s end or side doors. Cargo such as huge sheets of glass or marble could never be successfully loaded via a side opening, nor could raw materials such as coal. Other cargo simply exceeds the height of a container, such as large machinery. Open top containers are specifically designed to transport such cargo and enables loading and unloading by crane or tipper.

20ft open soft top containers are manufactured in the same way as standard containers but have a soft top, in the form of a tarpaulin cover, instead of a fixed roof. The tarpaulin is designed to cover the shipping container roof when the cargo is in-gauge ie not exceeding the roofline. For out-of-gauge cargo an oversized tarpaulin is required. Once the container is loaded the tarpaulin cover is tightly lashed in place to prevent rips and tears – and potential damage to the cargo – during transit.

Specifications

WEIGHTSMetricImperial
Tare Weight2250 kg4960.40 lbs
Payload Capacity 28230 kg62236.49 lbs
Maximum Gross Weight 30480 kg67196.89 lbs
Cubic Capacity31.78 m³1122.44 ft³
INTERNAL DIMENSIONSMetricImperial
Internal Length 5.88 m19.29 ft
Internal Width 2.34 m7.67 ft
Internal Height 2.31 m7.57 ft
EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS MetricImperial
External Length 6.05 m19.84 ft
External Width2.43 m7.97 ft
External Height 2.59 m8.49 ft
DOOR OPENING MetricImperial
Door Opening Width2.33 m7.64 ft
Door Opening Height 2.28 m7.48 ft
ROOF DOOR OPENINGMetricImperial
Roof Opening Width5.41 m17.74 ft
Roof Opening Length 2.2 m7.21 ft

20ft shipping container dimensions are standardized by ISO for guidance only. Slight variations between manufacturers’ specifications may occur.

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