How many pallets fit in a container?

Vast majority of foreign trade transactions are completed via sea shipments and 90% of sea transportation is carried out with containerized shipments in today's global economy.

As a result knowing how many pallets could fit in a container is a critical piece of information that every exporter and importer should be familiar with.

Today I am going to explain how many pallets fit in a container...But..wait a second...

Actually there are several pallet types available on the market. Euro pallets, industrial pallets and asia pallets are the most common pallet types that is in circulation. 

In addition to pallet types, there are more than a dozen of container types and sizes in use in international logistics.

The combination of different pallets and containers makes it harder to create a simple list of pallet amounts per container. Right!


On this page you can find various examples of pallet loading amounts for different container types.

How many Euro Pallets and Standard Pallets fit in a curtainsider trailer?

Trailers are one of the key elements of not only land transportation but also multimodal transportation that covers a significant amount of land transport. In some cases trailers are also called as semi-trailers or TIRs.

There are different types of trailers available on the market such as curtainsider trailer, mega trailers or high cube trailers, reefer trailers, flat platforms etc.

Just like general purpose freight containers, standard type curtainsider trailers are the most frequently seen trailer type on the market, because they have been designed to be used with the transport of cargo of the greatest possible variety.


Most customer goods are suitable to be transported by the standard curtainsider trailers such foods that do not require refrigeration during the transportation, garments, machines, electronic appliances etc. 

Today I would like to explain you that how many euro pallets (800 x 1200 mm) or standard pallets (1000 x 1200 mm) you can fit into a curtainsider trailer.

How many standard pallets fit in a 40 FT container?

Standard pallets are mainly used by US and Canadian companies, for this reason standard pallets are also known as North American Pallets. 

Another name of the standard pallet is industrial pallet.

Today I would like to explain you that how many standard pallets or industrial pallets (1000 x 1200 mm) you can fit into a regular 40 FT container in one row loading plan?

What are the dimensions of a standard pallet and what are the internal dimensions of a 40ft container?

The dimensions of a standard pallet are 1000mm width and 1200mm length. If you are in USA you should use 39.37” width and 47.24” length. 

The internal dimensions of a 40ft container are 2352mm width and 12032mm length. If you are in USA you should use 7 feet 8 5/8 inch internal width and 39 feet 5 5/8 inch internal length.

 


How many standard pallets fit in a 20FT container?

There are several pallet types available in the markets, which are suitable for international transportation.

Some of the best known pallet types that are being used in international transportation are EUR-Pallet (800 x 1200 mm), standard pallets also known as industrial pallets (1000 x 1200 mm) and Asia pallets (1100 x 1100 mm).

Today I would like to explain you that how many standard pallets or industrial pallets (1000 x 1200 mm) you can fit into a 20FT container in one row?