Inside dimensions, door openings, weights and ISO codes of 18 box types. Figures are the carrier’s or lessor’s published fleet values, not ISO minimums: a box from another line can differ by a few centimetres or a few hundred kilograms.
Heavy, dense general cargo: machinery parts, tiles, metals, bagged goods. Fills by weight before it fills by volume.
Volume cargo of normal height: furniture, textiles, consumer goods. Twice the floor of a 20' for a similar payload.
Light, bulky cargo that runs out of height first. 30 cm more headroom than a 40' Dry; check over-height limits for inland legs.
Maximum volume per box. Not every road network accepts 45' units; check the inland leg before booking.
European short-sea and intermodal box: 2,500 mm outside, so two Euro pallets fit side by side. The lessor rates it for 33 Euro pallets.
Heavy or tall pieces loaded by crane through a removable steel roof, or through the door with the header swung out.
Long heavy items (steel, stone blocks, machinery) that need top loading and a rigid roof.
Over-height cargo and top loading by crane. The roof is a removable tarpaulin on roof bows.
Long over-height cargo: pipes, timber, machinery loaded from above.
Tall cargo that is just over standard open-top height, with the extra 30 cm of a high cube.
Out-of-gauge and heavy-lift cargo: vehicles, generators, boats. Collapsible end walls, no side walls, no roof.
Long, heavy out-of-gauge cargo. Heavy loads must rest on the main girders; shorter heavy loads reduce the permitted payload.
A flatrack with its end walls folded flush: a bare deck for heavy, wide or very long pieces, often several platforms side by side as one base for break bulk.
Long heavy cargo, with a gooseneck tunnel at both ends. As a foundation base for break bulk the static load can reach 85,000 kg.
Dry bulk (grain, malt, minerals, plastic granulate) loaded through three roof hatches and discharged by tipping through the door end, usually into a liner bag.
Liquids in bulk, hazardous and non-hazardous, including food grade: a stainless steel barrel in a 20' ISO frame.
Chilled and frozen cargo in smaller lots: meat, dairy, pharma. The built-in refrigeration unit takes inside length.
The standard reefer for fruit, vegetables, meat and seafood. Some units offer controlled atmosphere.
We checked the figures most often copied from the SeaRates container reference (Wayback Machine snapshots, 2024) and the Qubictron container table against the carrier specification. These values differ; the reefer height is about 25 cm too low in both.
| Type | Field | Other table showed | Source value | Snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20' Open Top | Max cargo weight (Qubictron) | 30,480 kg, a max gross rating used as payload | 30,050 kg (max gross 32,500 kg, tare 2,450 kg) | archive |
| 20' Reefer | Inside height (Qubictron) | 2.014 m | 2,267 mm (load line 2,184 mm) | archive |
| 20' Reefer | Inside height | 2.014 m | 2,267 mm (load line 2,184 mm) | archive |
| 20' Reefer | Max cargo weight | 21,450 kg | 27,575 kg | archive |
| 20' Dry | Max cargo weight | 28,230 kg | 30,200 kg (max gross 32,500 kg) | archive |
| 40' Dry | Max cargo weight | 26,700 kg | 28,800 kg (max gross 32,500 kg) | archive |
| 40' High Cube | Capacity | 76 m³, tare 4,020 kg | 76.3 m³, tare 3,850 kg | archive |
