Hard-top containers – Transport Informations Service

Hard-top containers

	Description
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	Dimensions/weights
	Use

Description

The walls of hard-top containers are generally made of corrugated steel. The floor is made of wood.

It has two typical distinguishing structural features. On the one hand, it is equipped with a removable steel roof. In some types, this roof has points for accommodating forklift trucks, allowing the roof to be lifted by forklift truck. The roof weighs approx. 450 kg. In addition, the door header may be swivelled out.

These two structural features greatly simplify the process of packing and unpacking the container. In particular, it is very easy to pack and unpack the container from above or through the doors by crane or crab when the roof is open and the door header is swivelled out.

In the case of transport of an overheight cargo, the container roof may be left open and fastened directly to a side wall on the inside of the container. To do this, the roof only needs approx. 13 cm (5 1/8") of space.

Lashing rings, to which the cargo may be secured, are installed in the upper and lower side rails, the corner posts and the middle of the side walls. The lashing rings on the side rails and corner posts may take loads of up to 2000 kg. The lashing rings in the middle of the side walls may take loads of up to 500 kg, provided that the roof is closed.

Usual hard-top container dimensions are 20′ and 40′.

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Figures

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Dimensions/weights

The following are some of the most important details relating to hard-top containers. The data was taken from Hapag-Lloyd, Hamburg [68].

Hard-top container of steel: 20′ long and 8’6" high with corrugated walls and wooden floor
Internal dimensions				Door	Weights			Volume [m³]
Length [mm]	Width [mm]	Height (middle) [mm]	Height (side) [mm]	Max. width [mm]	Max. gross wt. [kg]	Tare weight [kg]	Max. payload [kg]	Volume [m³]
5886	2342	2388	2313	2336	30480	2700	27780	32.8
5886	2342	2375	2330	2336	30480	2590	27890	32.8

Hard-top container of steel: 40′ long and 8’6" high with corrugated walls and wooden floor
Internal dimensions				Door	Weights			Volume [m³]
Length [mm]	Width [mm]	Height (middle) [mm]	Height (side) [mm]	Max. width [mm]	Max. gross wt. [kg]	Tare weight [kg]	Max. payload [kg]	Volume [m³]
12020	2342	2388	2313	2336	30480	4700	25780	67.2
12020	2345	2380	2300	2334	30480	4700	25780	65.3

High-cube hard-top container of steel: 40′ long and 9’6" high with corrugated walls and wooden floor
Internal dimensions				Door	Weights			Volume [m³]
Length [mm]	Width [mm]	Height (middle) [mm]	Height (side) [mm]	Max. width [mm]	Max. gross wt. [kg]	Tare weight [kg]	Max. payload [kg]	Volume [m³]
12020	2342	2693	2618	2336	30480	4900	25580	75.8
12020	2342	2693	2618	2336	32500	5200	27300	76.0

Dimensions of roof and door openings

The meaning of the individual letters is clear from the following Figures:

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20′ hard-top container
Roof openings		Door openings					Reduced widths when roof is carried inside
Length	Width	Width	Width	Width	Height	Height	Internal width [mm]	Roof opening width [mm]	Door opening width [mm]
B [mm]	C [mm]	F [mm]	G [mm]	H [mm]	I [mm]	K [mm]	Internal width [mm]	Roof opening width [mm]	Door opening width [mm]
5590	2208	2336	1896	2208	2276	2220	2209	2142	2206
5590	2208	2336	1896	2208	2292	2220	2209	2142	2206
5590	2208	2336	1896	2208	2280	2231	2215	2148	2212

40′ hard-top container
Roof openings		Door openings					Reduced widths when roof is carried inside
Length	Width	Width	Width	Width	Height	Height	Internal width [mm]	Roof opening width [mm]	Door opening width [mm]
B [mm]	C [mm]	F [mm]	G [mm]	H [mm]	I [mm]	K [mm]	Internal width [mm]	Roof opening width [mm]	Door opening width [mm]
11724	2208	2336	1896	2208	2292	2220	2209	2142	2206
11724	2208	2336	1896	2208	2276	2220	2209	2142	2206
11724	2208	2334	1882	2208	2290	2125	2205	2102	1996

40′ high-cube hard-top container
Roof openings		Door openings					Reduced widths when roof is carried inside
Length	Width	Width	Width	Width	Height	Height	Internal width [mm]	Roof opening width [mm]	Door opening width [mm]
B [mm]	C [mm]	F [mm]	G [mm]	H [mm]	I [mm]	K [mm]	Internal width [mm]	Roof opening width [mm]	Door opening width [mm]
11724	2208	2336	1896	2208	2597	2525	2230	2163	2227

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Use

Hard-top containers are used for all types general cargo (dry cargo). Their principal uses are as follows:

	heavy cargo
	tall cargo
	loading from above or through the doors by crane or crab

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