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title: "Shipping containers — every size in mm and inches"
description: "Every shipping container size with dimensions in millimetres, centimetres and inches, and the standard that defines each."
url: https://atoneplace.net/size/container/
site: "At One Place"
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# Shipping containers

2 shipping containers, with what each one actually specifies.

| Name | Millimetres | Inches | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 20-foot shipping container | 2438 × 2591 × 6058 mm mm | 95.98 × 102.01 | 6.06 × 2.44 × 2.59 m externally — about 33 m³. |
| 40-foot shipping container | 2438 × 2591 × 12192 mm mm | 95.98 × 102.01 | 12.19 × 2.44 × 2.59 m externally — about 67 m³. |

- [20-foot shipping container size](https://atoneplace.net/size/container-20ft/) — 6.06 × 2.44 × 2.59 m externally — about 33 m³.
- [40-foot shipping container size](https://atoneplace.net/size/container-40ft/) — 12.19 × 2.44 × 2.59 m externally — about 67 m³.