Sea container
A 40 ft high cube reefer container holds 23 Euro pallets in one layer and 46 stacked two high. Floor space and roof height set the limit. Each pallet is assumed 1.20 m high with its load and 400 kg.
| Euro pallets | One layer | Stacked two high |
|---|---|---|
| Pallets | 23 | 46 |
| Limited by | Space | Space |
| Floor used | 83% | 83% |
| Weight loaded | 9,200 kg | 18,400 kg |
Assumptions
| Pallet | One layer | Stacked two high |
|---|---|---|
| industrial pallets | 20 | 40 |
| half pallets | 52 | 104 |
| GMA pallets | 20 | 40 |
| Unit | One layer | Stacked two high |
|---|---|---|
| 10 ft standard container | 5 | 5 |
| 20 ft standard container | 11 | 11 |
| 40 ft standard container | 25 | 25 |
| 40 ft high cube container | 25 | 50 |
| 45 ft high cube container | 27 | 54 |
| 20 ft reefer container | 10 | 10 |
| 40 ft reefer container | 23 | 23 |
| 20 ft open top container | 11 | 11 |
| 40 ft open top container | 25 | 25 |
| 13.6 m curtainsider trailer | 34 | 60Payload |
| 13.6 m box trailer | 34 | 60Payload |
| 13.6 m mega trailer | 34 | 60Payload |
| 7.5 t box truck | 7Payload | 7Payload |
| 3.5 t panel van | 2Payload | 2Payload |
| 7.45 m BDF swap body | 18 | 36Payload |
| 7.82 m BDF swap body | 18 | 32Payload |
Only if the goods and the pallets can carry the weight above them. Where they can, two layers fit 46 instead of 23.
The counts assume 1.20 m and 400 kg a pallet. At that weight the 29,260 kg payload carries at most 73 pallets. A pallet taller than 1.27 m cannot go two high, because the inside is 2.56 m high. Enter your own sizes in the Container loading calculator.
23 Euro pallets of 1,200 × 800 mm cover 22.1 m² of the 26.6 m² floor, which is 83%. The rest is gaps and strips too narrow for another pallet.
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