Shipping Container Dimensions and Sizes
The most common shipping container sizes are 20 feet or 40 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 8.5 feet or 9.5 feet tall. The taller containers are called High Cubes. In total, shipping container sizes come in lengths of 10 ft, 20 ft, 40 ft or 53 ft. The inside measurements of shipping containers are a bit smaller. See exact shipping container dimensions below:
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10ft container
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20ft container
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40ft Standard Dry
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40ft High Cube
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Rare Conex Box Container Sizes
Rare conex box shipping container sizes include the 10 ft and 53 ft containers. The secondary market to purchase them is fairly small, making those containers very expensive when they’re available. Customers who want a 10 ft container are better served with an 8 ft or 12 ft portable storage container. And customers seeking large containers will quickly discover that 40 foot High Cubes are significantly more affordable and accessible than 53-footers.
How Many Square Feet Are In Shipping Containers?
Deciphering the interior square footage within standard shipping containers clarifies how much floor space you’ll have for your projects or storage. As mentioned earlier, the inside dimensions of a shipping container are smaller than the exterior dimensions due to space that the conex box walls and framing take up. Here’s the essential square footage info:
10-foot container: 80 square feet on the exterior and about 75 square feet on the interior.
20-foot container: 160 square feet on the exterior and about 150 square feet on the interior.
40-foot container: 320 square feet on the exterior and about 300 square feet on the interior.
40-foot High Cube:320 square feet on the exterior and about 300 square feet on the interior.
High Cube Containers Vs Standard Shipping Containers
Should I buy standard sized shipping containers or a high cube container?
Shipping container dimensions are fairly simple to understand as the only thing that really changes is the length of the shipping container, or the height if you’re looking into high cube containers.
High Cube containers are a foot taller than standard shipping containers at 9.5 feet tall versus 8.5 feet tall.
High Cube containers are our best sellers because many people prefer more head space in container build projects or they need storage space that can be stacked high.
