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title: "20-foot shipping container size — 2438 × 2591 × 6058 mm mm"
description: "20-foot shipping container: 6.06 × 2.44 × 2.59 m externally — about 33 m³. Full dimensions in millimetres, centimetres and inches, and what the standard actually spe"
url: https://atoneplace.net/size/container-20ft/
site: "At One Place"
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# 20-foot shipping container size

**20-foot shipping container: 2438 × 2591 × 6058 mm mm**

6.06 × 2.44 × 2.59 m externally — about 33 m³.

The TEU, or twenty-foot equivalent unit, which is the unit global shipping capacity is counted in. Internal volume is about 33 m³ and maximum gross weight 30,480 kg. These dimensions are fixed by ISO 668 and effectively unchangeable: every crane, chassis, ship cell guide and port gantry in the world is built around them.

## The numbers

- **Millimetres:** 2438 × 2591 × 6058
- **Centimetres:** 243.8 × 259.1 × 605.8
- **Inches:** 95.98 × 102.01 × 238.50
- **Defined by:** ISO 668

## Shipping containers

| Size | Millimetres | Inches |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 20-foot shipping container ← | 2438 × 2591 × 6058 mm mm | 95.98 × 102.01 |
| 40-foot shipping container | 2438 × 2591 × 12192 mm mm | 95.98 × 102.01 |

## Common questions

### What size is 20-foot shipping container?

6.06 × 2.44 × 2.59 m externally — about 33 m³.

### Which standard defines 20-foot shipping container?

ISO 668

## Related pages

- [40-foot shipping container size](https://atoneplace.net/size/container-40ft/)

## Sources

- Official vendor product documentation — At One Place (/about/)