Steel Shipping Containers come in several different shapes and sizes. The most common shipping containers are standard 20′ and 40′ long storage containers. The standard container has an interior height of 7’10” and an exterior height of 8’6″. The interior and exterior width is the same on almost every non-modified container and is 7’8″ and 8’0″ respectively. There are different lengths of shipping containers, besides the aforementioned 20′ & 40′ container length, such as 10 ‘& 45’ lengths.
There are also custom length containers created by cutting and welding containers together. These containers are generally special order and typically require some time to build as opposed the common “off the shelf” standard container sizes built in factories.
Shipping containers are also built in a high cube versions. High cube containers are most commonly found as 40′ shipping containers, but 20′ high cube containers and even 45′ high cube containers exist and can be purchased for on site storage in the U.S. when they are available. High cube storage containers in non “standard” sizes can also be fabricated in a variety of sizes from 10′ to 30′ in one foot increments. These are generally fabricated from damaged 40′ high cube shipping containers which have damage at one end of the container only. The container is cut in two and the good portion is used to form the new modified container.
Another distinguishing factor between types of containers are the types of doors installed and the placement of those doors. All non-modified shipping containers have a set of “barn style” double doors on one end only. Quite frequently however both 20′, 40′, and 40′ High Cube shipping containers come through from the factory with an additional set of doors on the opposite end of the container. These containers are appropriately called “double door” containers.
20ft Shipping Containers
The most common size of a shipping container is 20′ long x 8′ wide x 8.5′ tall. Aside from shipping goods across the oceans, 20′ shipping containers commonly make up the rental fleets of several on-site storage container companies, including the rental fleet of Out-Back Storage. Because 20′ shipping containers are so common they tend to offer a better cost per square foot of storage than 10′ storage containers. 20ft shipping containers can be found in several different grades of container conditions. Typically these are new (otherwise know as “one-trip”), wind and watertight, as-is, and cargo worthy. View our current inventory of shipping containers for sale by clicking here.
40ft Standard Shipping Containers
40′ Shipping containers are also very common and can be purchased in every grade of condition. These containers, like the 20′ storage container, is also 8′ wide x 8.5′ tall. These shipping containers are commonly used for shipping good and for long term storage. They can also be seen as the basis for many large scale shipping container buildings.
