Open top containers have an open top covered by a tarpaulin instead of a solid roof. This enables oversized cargo such as timber and scrap metal to be loaded from the top. Open top containers normally also have end doors, like closed containers, to give flexibility for loading and unloading.
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Open top container specifications
Specific dimensions and capacity of open top containers may vary depending on the container manufacturer, the age of the container and the container owner. The specifications listed below are, however, representative for the majority of open top containers.
20' open top shipping container
| 2,350 kg | 28,130 kg | 32.5 m3 |
| 5,181.8 lbs | 62,026.7 lbs | 1,147.3 cu ft |
| Length | Width | Height | Width | Height | Width | Length |
| 5.9 m | 2.35 m | 2.38 m | 2.34 m | 2.28 m | 2.23 m | 5.44 m |
| 19.3 ft | 7.7 ft | 7.8 ft | 7.7 ft | 7.4 ft | 7.3 ft | 17.8 ft |
40' open top shipping container
| 3,850 kg | 26,630 kg | 66.4 m3 |
| 8,489.3 lbs | 58,719.2 lbs | 2,343.9 cu ft |
| Length | Width | Height | Width | Height | Width | Length |
| 12.03 m | 2.35 m | 2.38 m | 2.34 m | 2.29 m | 2.21 m | 11.57 m |
| 39.5 ft | 7.7 ft | 7.8 ft | 7.7 ft | 7.5 ft | 7.3 ft | 38 ft |
Interport’s 40-foot open-top shipping containers provide convenience and space when items must be loaded and unloaded from the top or are too tall to fit in a standard shipping container. The roof bows and tarpaulin on our 40-foot open-top ISO containers are completely removable and can be securely fastened for a weatherproof seal. Our 40-foot open-top containers offer outstanding value for holding machinery, bulk products, grains, trash, or any other hard-to-load products.
Interport offers a large selection of used 40-foot open-top shipping containers, available for immediate sale and next-business-day delivery.
- Specifications
- Features
- FAQs
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Exterior Interior Door Capacity Length: 40ft. Length: 39ft. 5in. Width: 7ft. 8in. Gross: 66,139 lbs Width: 8ft. Width: 7ft. 8in. Height: 7ft. 6in. Payload: 57,759 lbs Height: 8ft. 6in. Height: 7ft. 10in. Tare Weight: 8,380 lbs -
- Corten steel construction
- Weatherproof design
- Watertight construction
- Ground-level entry
- Securely closing cargo doors
- Swivel door header
- Requires 120 feet of straight running room for delivery by tilt-bed truck. Alternatively, delivery by flatbed trailer or chassis is available but requires a crane or forklift on site
- How are the shipping containers delivered? Interport outsources its delivery service to third-party trucking companies. Containers can be delivered by either flatbed, tilt-bed, low-boy [low-bed] trailer, or chassis. Please note container delivery by flatbed, low-boy [low-bed] trailer, or chassis requires a forklift or crane at the delivery site. Alternatively, you can arrange for pick-up at Interport using a trucking company of your choice. How should I prepare the ground for delivery? Your shipping container should be placed on firm, dry, level ground, i.e. pavement, gravel, or hard dirt. If your container is being delivered by flatbed trailer, you’ll need a crane or forklift onsite at the time of delivery so you can lift the container off the truck.
- Specifications
Exterior Interior Door Capacity Length: 40ft. Length: 39ft. 5in. Width: 7ft. 8in. Gross: 66,139 lbs Width: 8ft. Width: 7ft. 8in. Height: 7ft. 6in. Payload: 57,759 lbs Height: 8ft. 6in. Height: 7ft. 10in. Tare Weight: 8,380 lbs - Features
- Corten steel construction
- Weatherproof design
- Watertight construction
- Ground-level entry
- Securely closing cargo doors
- Swivel door header
- Requires 120 feet of straight running room for delivery by tilt-bed truck. Alternatively, delivery by flatbed trailer or chassis is available but requires a crane or forklift on site
- FAQs
How are the shipping containers delivered? Interport outsources its delivery service to third-party trucking companies. Containers can be delivered by either flatbed, tilt-bed, low-boy [low-bed] trailer, or chassis. Please note container delivery by flatbed, low-boy [low-bed] trailer, or chassis requires a forklift or crane at the delivery site. Alternatively, you can arrange for pick-up at Interport using a trucking company of your choice. How should I prepare the ground for delivery? Your shipping container should be placed on firm, dry, level ground, i.e. pavement, gravel, or hard dirt. If your container is being delivered by flatbed trailer, you’ll need a crane or forklift onsite at the time of delivery so you can lift the container off the truck.
Ship your standard cargo in complete safety to anywhere in the world. CMA CGM’s fleet of standard “dry” containers is the largest in the market. In today’s world, these easy-to-handle containers are a key asset when it comes to shipping all your cargo, whatever the type of product involved. Do you need to customize them to fit a specific cargo? We can provide you with customized solutions so you can ship any type of product in any type of packaging to any destination worldwide.
For all forms of dry cargo
A wide selection of containers to meet all types of need— boxes, pallet boxes, vats or heavy/bulky manufactured products. Whatever you need there is a made-to-measure cargo shipping solution, e.g., open-top containers without a solid roof, flat-rack containers, with or without collapsible solid walls and high cube pallet-wide containers, specially designed to ship pallets.
For all sectors of industry
All our dry containers comply with the ISO 1496 and 6346 standards and the Convention for Safe Containers [CSC] criteria. These secure and effective solutions meet your cargo shipping requirements, whatever business you are in.
Completely multimodal
All our standard containers are suitable for multimodal cargo shipments, making for straightforward transshipments to boats, trains, barges and trucks.
Mindful of your environmental impact
Like all our containers, our Dry range incorporates a growing number of green innovations helping to mitigate your supply chain’s impact on the environment.
Your cargo shipment deserves the right dry container
Our containers are inspected regularly by our maintenance teams:
- Systematic quality inspection and maintenance procedures
- Cleaning [health checks and odor control]
- Compliance with ISM standards
Technical specifications
Warning : all technical data given for these containers are non-contractual data. They do reflect the majority of our container fleet but are non-exhaustive and given as examples. As such, we cannot always ensure the availability of containers with the subsequent specifications. For further information, please contact our logistic department at CMA CGM Head Office, or our Agent in your country.
- Dry
- Open Top
- Flat Rack
- High Cube Palletwide
- Tank
A freight container, totally enclosed and weatherproof, with a rigid roof, rigid side walls, and floor, having at least one of its end walls equiped with doors and intended to be suitable for the transport of cargo of the greatest possible variety.This is by far the most common type of container. It is suitable for the carriage of most types of “Dry” goods, including those packed in boxes, cartons, cases, bags, bales, pallets, drums etc...
With some adjustments and adequate loading/unloading equipment, this type of container may also be used for certain types of bulk cargo.
Internal Dimensions
Door Opening
Weight
Capacity
Security Rings
Freight container similar in all respects to a general purpose container except that it has no rigid roof but may have a flexible and movable or removable cover. Such containers may have movable or removable top end transverse members above their end doors.These containers are primarily used to carry heavy and/or bulky finished products, which handling and loading can only be performed with a crane or a rolling bridge. Tiltable half-height open top containers are specially designed to carry bulk minerals.
The CMA CGM 8’6’’ high open top containers are equipped with:
- Removable roof bows and tarpaulin
- Hinged doors [on both sides] and/or removable header above doors
Internal Dimensions
Door Opening
Top Opening
Weight
Capacity
Compared to fixed-end type, collapsible flatracks have end walls that fold. The flushfolding collapsible flatrack, the most sophisticated of its types has end walls which fold flush with the base.Flatracks are dedicated for the carriage of heavy, bulky as well as over height and/ or over width items.
They also permit the stacking of several empty containers into one 'bundle' for empty repositionning. Their base is often designed to transport heavy material. Some flats are 45T tested. The flatracks with collapsible ends also permit the transportation of over length cargo.
Internal Dimensions
Weight
Security Rings
N.B.:The technical data given for these containers are non-contractual. While they reflect the majority of our container fleet, they are not exhaustive and are provided as examples. As such, we cannot always guarantee the availability of containers with the specifications stated below. For further information, please contact our logistics department at CMA CGM’s head office or our office in your country.
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The Autotainer, a cargo container specially designed for the motor industry
A flat-bed container that can ship up to 4 vehicles, with easy and highly secure loading and unloading on ramps. As a result, shipments can be made directly from your plants to your distribution hubs with no need for bulk breaking.
A real asset for your automotive supply chain:
- Easy to use, with no need to dismantle vehicles
- Suitable for multimodal transportation
- Door-to-door service
Garment-ready: a container for apparel cargo shipments made-to-measure for the textile industry
Standard containers fitted with hangers to ship your textiles cargo are an ideal solution for fragile [suits, silk, leather] apparel to your distribution hubs. This approach simplifies and accelerates your supply chain.
Key strengths of the Garment-Ready container:
- Better conditions for textiles cargo shipments than with standard packaging,
- An optimized cargo packing and unpacking process that saves time and cuts shipping costs,
- Less time required for ironing once the shipment reaches its destinatio ,
- Collections get to market more rapidly.
We offer you two solutions. You can select the technique that best suits your needs:
- Single bar containers strings or straps
- Double bar containers
Heavy garments with low creasing potential
- Technical standard string20’ = 220 pieces / 40’= 440 pieces
Max pay load per bar : 300 kg
- Strap [for super heavy payload]20’= 165 pieces// 40’= 330 pieces
Max pay load per bar : 500 kg
Fragile garments with high creasing potential
The garment is directly hung to the bars at bar system, so no strings are needed.
Technical standard 2-tier cross bar per container20’ = 11 bars per tier 40’ = 22 bar per tier
Max payload per bar: 200 kg
Innovative, planet-friendly containers
Our new containers have a floor made of bamboo, a plant that grows more rapidly and can be harvested after 4 to 7 years rather than the 60 years required for the tropical timber traditionally used.
A light-steel container generation using highly resilient steel enables us to save 500 kg per tare for a high-cube cargo container, leading to a saving of 1 to 2 tons of fuel per day for a 10,000 TEU ship, for example. That translates into 3 to 6 tons fewer carbon emissions for cargo shipments.
Our refrigerated containers [link to refrigerated containers] use a low-consumption technology that cuts electricity consumption by two-thirds. That reduces carbon emissions and can save tons of fuel over the course of journeys.
Our containers use next-generation connectivity that can continuously monitor your cargo when- and wherever it is. Our Smart dry container solution helps optimize your operations and cuts the operating costs arising from your cargo shipments.