The most common ISO containers are either 20 or 40 feet long. Hence the international names of these containers –  TEU (Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit) and FEU (Forty Foot Equivalent Unit).

Besides the length of the containers, they are also distinguished by the purpose:

20’ Dry Cargo (20DC) container

• Purpose: for any type of usual goods
• Inner measurements are 5,9 x 2,35 x 2,39 meters
• Contains up to 33m3 and 28,3 tons

Inner length	Inner width	Inner height	Door width	Door height	Capacity	Weight when empty	Max weight of goods
5,9m	2,35m	2,39m	2,34m	2,29m	33,2cbm	2220kg	28260kg

There are also 20’ Upgraded versions in use

• Purpose: for any type of usual goods
• Inner measurements are 5,9 x 2,35 x 2,39 meters
• Contains up to 37,5m3 and 28,2 tons

Inner length	Inner width	Inner height	Door width	Door height	Capacity	Weight when empty	Max weight of goods
5,9m	2,35m	2,6m	2,34m	2,6m	37,5cbm	2350kg	28130kg

40’ Dry Cargo (40DC) container

• Purpose: for any type of usual goods
• Inner measurements are 12,03 x 2,35 x 2,39 meters
• Contains up to 67,7m³ and 28,9 tons

Inner length	Inner width	Inner height	Door width	Door height	Capacity	Weight when empty	Max weight of goods
12,03m	2,35m	2,39m	2,34m	2,28m	67,7cbm	3640kg	28860kg

40’ High Cube (40HC) container

• Purpose: for any type of usual goods but has the possibility to place higher goods (2,69M instead of 2,39m)
• Inner measurements are 12,03 x 2,35 x 2,69 meters
• Contains up to 67,7m³ and 28,9 tons

Inner length	Inner width	Inner height	Door width	Door height	Capacity	Weight when empty	Max weight of goods
12,03m	2,35m	2,69m	2,34m	2,59m	76,5cbm	3840kg	28660kg

45’ High Cube Pallet Wide (45HCPW) container

• There are wider versions in use which can hold side by side standardized EUR and FIN pallets
• Inner measurements are 13,55 x 2,42 x 2,69 meters
• Contains up to 89,2m³ and 29,7 tons

Inner length	Inner width	Inner height	Door width	Door height	Capacity	Weight when empty	Max weight of goods
13,55m	2,42m	2,69m	2,41m	2,58m	89,2cbm	4320kg	29680kg

20’ Hardtop (20HT) container

• Purpose: the container has a removable steel roof, which allows the use of crane in case of heavy goods
• Also this container can be used in case of oversized goods (the roof will be attached to the inner side of the container for the time of transportation)
• Inner measurements are 5,9 x 2,34 x 2,39 meters
• Contains up to 21,6 tons

Inner length	Inner width	Inner height	Door width	Door height	Capacity	Weight when empty	Max weight of goods
5,9m	2,34m	2,39m	2,3m	2,35m	33cbm	2400kg	21600kg

40’ Hardtop (40HT) container

• Purpose: the container has a removable steel roof, which allows the use of crane in case of heavy goods
• Also this container can be used in case of oversized goods (the roof will be attached to the inner side of the container for the time of transportation)
• Inner measurements are 12,05 x 2,35 x 2,39 meters
• Contains up to 26,5 tons

Inner length	Inner width	Inner height	Door width	Door height	Capacity	Weight when empty	Max weight of goods
12,05m	2,35m	2,39m	2,34m	2,35m	66,5cbm	3800kg	26500kg

20’ Refrigeration container

• Purpose: for temperature sensitive goods
• Inner measurements are 5,4 x 2,29 x 2,16 meters
• Contains up to 28,4 m3 and 27,6 tons

Inner length	Inner width	Inner height	Door width	Door height	Capacity	Weight when empty	Max weight of goods
5,4m	2,29m	2,16m	2,29m	2,16m	28,4cbm	2940kg	27540kg

40’ Refrigeration container

• Purpose: for temperature sensitive goods
• Inner measurements are 11,59 x 2,29 x 2,5 meters
• Contains up to 67,5 m3 and 29,4 tons

Inner length	Inner width	Inner height	Door width	Door height	Capacity	Weight when empty	Max weight of goods
11,59m	2,29m	2,5m	2,29m	2,45m	67,5cbm	4600kg	29400kg

20’ Open Top container

• The container has an open top, which gives the opportunity of besides loading from the back, to also load from the top by using a crane. The top will be closed with a tent cover
• Inner measurements are 5,9 x 2,35 x 2,39 meters
• Contains up to 32,9 m3 and 21,6 tons

Inner length	Inner width	Inner height	Door width	Door height	Capacity	Weight when empty	Max weight of goods
5,9m	2,35m	2,39m	2,3m	2,28m	32,9cbm	2400kg	21600kg

40’ Open Top container

• The container has an open top, which gives the opportunity of besides loading from the back, to also load from the top by using a crane. The top will be closed with a tent cover
• Inner measurements are 12,05 x 2,35 x 2,35 meters
• Contains up to 67,1 m3 and 26,7 tons

Inner length	Inner width	Inner height	Door width	Door height	Capacity	Weight when empty	Max weight of goods
12,05m	2,35m	2,35m	2,34m	2,28m	67,1cbm	3800kg	26680kg

20’ Flat Rack container

• Used mainly for oversized goods
• Allows the use of different type of loading techniques
• Inner measurements are 5,9 x 2,4 x 2,3 meters
• Contains up to 37 tons

Inner length	Inner width	Inner height	Door width	Door height	Capacity	Weight when empty	Max weight of goods
5,9m	2,4m	2,3m	–	–	–	3000kg	37000kg

40’ Flat Rack container

• Used mainly for oversized goods
• Allows the use of different type of loading techniques
• Inner measurements are 11,7 x 2,4 x 2,0 meters
• Contains up to 44,7 tons

Inner length	Inner width	Inner height	Door width	Door height	Capacity	Weight when empty	Max weight of goods
11,7m	2,4m	2,0m	–	–	–	5250kg	44650kg

20’ Platform container

• Used mainly for oversized goods
• Inner measurements are 5,9 x 2,4 x 2,2 meters
• Contains up to 28 tons

Inner length	Inner width	Inner height	Door width	Door height	Capacity	Weight when empty	Max weight of goods
5,6m	2,4m	2,2m	–	–	–	3000kg	28000kg

40’ Platform container

• Used mainly for oversized goods
• Inner measurements are 12,1 x 2,4 x 2,1 meters
• Contains up to 40 tons

Inner length	Inner width	Inner height	Door width	Door height	Capacity	Weight when empty	Max weight of goods
12,1m	2,4m	2,1m	–	–	–	5000kg	40000kg