40-foot open top container
Inside dimensions, door opening, roof opening, capacity and weights of a 40-foot open top container, from Hapag-Lloyd's specification, in metric or imperial.
40' open top
Capacity66.8 m³2,359 ft³
- Inside length
- 12,029 mm39′ 5⅝″
- Inside width
- 2,350 mm7′ 8½″
- Inside height
- 2,344 mm7′ 8¼″
- Door width
- 2,340 mm7′ 8⅛″
- Door height
- 2,276 mm7′ 5⅝″
- Roof opening
- 11,552 × 2,230 mm37′ 10¾″ × 7′ 3¾″
- Tare
- 4,050 kg8,929 lb
- Max payload
- 28,450 kg62,722 lb
- Max gross
- 32,500 kg71,650 lb
Inside height 2,420 mm with no roof bows.
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These are Hapag-Lloyd's published example specifications, retrieved 2026-10-12. Hapag-Lloyd notes that figures vary by manufacturer, so a box from another owner, or another build year, can differ by a few centimeters and a few hundred kilograms. For a tight fit, ask the carrier for the specification of the equipment it will supply.
Maximum payload is what the container itself is rated to carry. Check the road, rail and port weight limits on your route as well.
The drawings are to scale from the inside dimensions; the walls, doors and fittings around them are illustrative. Imperial values are converted with the exact factors 1 inch = 25.4 mm and 1 pound = 0.453 592 37 kg, and rounded to the nearest eighth of an inch, pound or cubic foot, so they can differ slightly from the rounding on Hapag-Lloyd's pages.
Sources
- 40' open top specification, Hapag-Lloyd