How much container capacity do you need for your shipment?
Rate requestFull container load (FCL) means that the volume is large enough to fill a whole container by one customer. Less than container load (LCL) means that the shipment is smaller than a full container load and that multiple shippers' goods are packed together.
In most cases, LCL (less than container load) means that pallets are being shipped. In some cases other units i.e. boxes, sacks, bales, barrels, etc. are being transported. These units can also be arranged on pallets.
In case, when large or odd-sized items are being transported there, maybe need to provide special solutions, in some cases open units in full container load (FCL).
There are many things that need to be considered when choosing containers. Below you can read about sizes, types and other things that should be taken into consideration when transporting a full container load.
20ft and 40 ft containers of various types are used:
Responsibility for container loading depends on the description in the sailing manifest:
FCL/FCL - sender loads container and receiver empties
LCL/FCL - Eimskip loads container and receiver empties
FCL/LCL - sender loads container and Eimskip empties
LCL/LCL - Eimskip loads container and empties
20 feet standard dry container
Inner dimension | Door height | Tare weight | Container volume | Payload mass |
L: 5.895 mm | 2.330 kg | 33 m3 | 28.500 kg | |
B: 2.350 mm | B: 2.340 mm | |||
H: 2.390 mm | H: 2.280 mm |
40 feet standard dry container
Inner dimension | Door height | Tare weight | Container volume | Payload mass |
L: 12.030 mm | 3.800 kg | 67 m3 | 26.800 kg | |
B: 2.350 mm | B: 2.340 mm | |||
H: 2.390 mm | H: 2.280 mm |
Dry container (40 feet high cube)
Inner dimension | Door height | Tare weight | Container volume | Payload mass |
L: 12.030 mm | 3.850 kg | 76 m3 | 26.800 kg | |
B: 2.350 mm | B: 2.340 mm | |||
H: 2.690 mm | H: 2.585 mm |
Temperature controlled (40 feet high cube)
Inner dimension | Door height | Tare weight | Container volume | Payload mass |
L: 11.577 mm | 4.600 kg | 67 m3 | 29.000 kg | |
B: 2.280 mm | B: 2.290 mm | |||
H: 2.525 mm | H: 2.492 mm |
Insulated containers
Inner dimension | Door height | Tare weight | Container volume | Payload mass |
L: 5.850 mm | 2.460 kg | 31 m3 | 17.800 kg | |
B: 2.290 mm | B: 2.290 mm | |||
H: 2.280 mm | H: 2.240 mm |
Bulk-containers
Inner dimension | Door height | Top open | Tare weight | Container volume | Payload mass |
L: 5.895 mm | 3 x 50 cm diameter | 2.330 kg | 33 m3 | 28.500 kg | |
B: 2.350 mm | B: 2.340 mm | ||||
H: 2.390 mm | H: 2.280 mm |
Flat racks
Inner dimension | Tare weight | Payload mass |
L: 11.770 mm | 4.900 kg | 40.100 kg |
B: 2.360 mm | ||
H: 1.900 mm |
20 feet open top
Inner dimension | Door height | Top open | Tare weight | Container volume | Payload mass |
L: 5.890 mm | L: 5.680 mm | 2.300 kg | 32 m3 | 28.100 kg | |
B: 2.350 mm | B: 2.336 mm | B: 2.250 mm | |||
H: 2.350 mm |
40 feet open top
Inner dimension | Door height | Top open | Tare weight | Container volume | Payload mass |
L: 12.026 mm | L: 11.879 mm | 3.940 kg | 66 m3 | 26.500 kg | |
B: 2.350 mm | B: 2.336 mm | B:2.184 mm | |||
H: 2.390 mm |
Land |
Tonn |
Note |
France |
22,5 |
|
Germany |
22,5 |
|
Germany - Bremerhaven |
25 |
Transit within 150 km radius from the port of discharge |
Netherlands |
26 |
|
UK |
23 |
Extra charge for 25 tonnes container |
Poland |
22,5 |
|
Belgium |
26 |
|
Denmark |
25 |
When driving from Rotterdam and passing through Germany the permissible weight is 22.5 tonnes |
Finland |
26 |
|
Greece |
22 |
|
Iceland |
25 |
|
Italy |
22 |
|
Canada |
26 |
|
Norway |
24 |
|
Portugal |
25 |
Transferred by vessel to Portugal and driven from there |
Spain - Truck and vessel |
25 |
Transferred by vessel to Spain and driven from there |
Spain - Truck |
22,5 |
|
Switzerland |
22 |
|
Sweden |
26 |
|
USA - East Coast |
19,8 |
Average weight, it is necessary to look into this for each state |
USA - West Coast |
17 |
Average weight, it is necessary to look into this for each state |