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How many 1 m³ crates (1 × 1 × 1 m) fit in a container or truck?

1 m³ crate: 1,000 × 1,000 × 1,000 mm, about 300 kg. Also known as one cubic metre wooden crates.

A one-cubic-metre wooden crate at 300 kg is a useful reference unit: the count is simply how many whole metres fit along, across and up — after which the payload limit takes over.

Sea containers

ContainerInner dimensionsFitsRuleTotal weight
20ft container5,898 × 2,352 × 2,393 mm20upright, stacked as high as the roof allows6,000 kg
40ft container12,032 × 2,352 × 2,393 mm48upright, stacked as high as the roof allows14,400 kg
40ft high cube12,032 × 2,352 × 2,698 mm48upright, stacked as high as the roof allows14,400 kg
45ft high cube13,556 × 2,352 × 2,698 mm52upright, stacked as high as the roof allows15,600 kg
20ft reefer5,444 × 2,294 × 2,276 mm20upright, stacked as high as the roof allows6,000 kg
40ft reefer11,583 × 2,294 × 2,557 mm44upright, stacked as high as the roof allows13,200 kg

Trailers, trucks and vans

ContainerInner dimensionsFitsRuleTotal weight
13.6 m trailer13,600 × 2,450 × 2,700 mm52upright, stacked as high as the roof allows15,600 kg
53ft trailer16,000 × 2,540 × 2,790 mm64upright, stacked as high as the roof allows19,200 kg
7.5 t truck6,200 × 2,450 × 2,400 mm9upright, stacked as high as the roof allows2,700 kg
12 t truck7,300 × 2,480 × 2,500 mm18upright, stacked as high as the roof allows5,400 kg
LWB panel van3,700 × 1,800 × 1,900 mm3upright, stacked as high as the roof allows900 kg

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