20’ Containers
20’DC (20’ dry cargo)
Standard 20’ containers are manufactured with one set of double doors on one end of the container and are generally ideal to transport weighty cargo such as sugar, machinery and paper, rather than voluminous cargo.

Metric | Imperial | |
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Tare weight | 2250 kg | 4960.40 lbs |
Payload Capacity | 28230 kg | 62236.49 lbs |
Maximum Gross Weight | 30480 kg | 67196.89 lbs |
Cubic Capacity | 33.08 m³ | 1168.26 ft³ |
A 20' container can hold 11 Euro-pallets in one tier or 10 Standard-pallets in one tier | ||
Internal length | 5.89 m | 19.32 ft |
Internal Width | 2.35 m | 7.70 ft |
Internal Height | 2.39 m | 7.84 ft |
External length | 6.05 m | 19.84 ft |
External Width | 2.43 m | 7.97 ft |
External Height | 2.59 m | 8.49 ft |
Door Opening Width | 2.34 m | 7.67 ft |
Door Opening Height | 2.36 m | 7.74 ft |
Container dimensions are standardized by ISO for guidance only. Slight variations between manufacturers’ specifications may occur.