Classification and Dimensions of Shipping Containers - Container Prefab Wellcamp-Professional Container Production
There are four main types of shipping containers, namely dry shipping containers, refrigerated shipping containers, open-top shipping containers and frame shipping containers. The following will introduce the types of shipping containers. 1. Dry shipping containers Dry shipping containers mainly include 20-flat containers, 40-foot flat containers, 40-foot-high containers and 45-foot-high dry cargo shipping containers according to their specifications. (1) The external dimensions of a 20-foot flat dry shipping container are generally 6.096 × 2.438 × 2.591 (length, width, height), in meters, and the internal dimensions are generally 5.898 × u200bu200b2.352 × 2.393 (length, width, height), in units of For meters, the weight is generally divided into box weight and cargo weight limit, which are 1.90 tons and 22.10 tons respectively. (2) The external dimensions of a 40-foot flat dry cargo container are generally 12.192 × 2.438 × 2.591 (length, width, height), in meters, and the internal dimensions are generally 12.043 × 2.336 × 2.379 (length, width, height), in units For meters, the box weight and cargo weight limit are 3.084 tons and 27.396 tons respectively. Compared with a 20-foot flat container, this type of container has a relatively large volume and carries relatively more cargo. 2. Frozen shipping containers Frozen shipping containers are classified into 20-foot, 40-foot, 40-foot ultra-high and 40-foot ultra-long ultra-high refrigerated shipping containers according to their specifications. Taking 40 ultra-long and ultra-high refrigerated shipping containers as an example, its external dimensions are generally 13.716 × 2.438 × 2.896 (length, width, height), and the internal dimensions are 13.102 × 2.286 × 2.509 (length, width, height), and the box weight and The cargo weight limit is 5.2 tons and 2.73 tons respectively. 3. Open-top shipping containers There are only two types of open-top shipping containers according to their specifications, namely 20-foot open-top shipping containers and 40-foot open-top shipping containers. The external dimensions of a 20-foot open-top shipping container are 6.096 × 2.438 × 2.591 (length, width, height), and the internal dimensions are 5.919 × 2.340 × 2.286 (length, width, height), and the box weight and cargo weight limit are generally 2.177 tons and 2.182 tons. 4. Frame shipping containers Frame shipping containers can be divided into 20-foot, 40-foot, 20-foot foldable and 40-foot foldable frame shipping containers according to their specifications. Taking 40-foot foldable frame shipping containers as an example, this type of container has a larger internal volume , General box weight and cargo weight limit can reach up to 5.2 tons and 3.98 tons.