What are the main differences between 45' standard high cube container and 45’ pallet wide container?

45 feet containers are the replacements units of semi-trailers which are extensively used in land transportations. 

While some 45 feet containers have very similar internal dimensions of a standard trailer, some 45 feet containers have identical internal dimensions of a standard trailer.

Today I would like to compare not only 45' standard high cube and 45’ pallet wide containers but also their internal dimensions with the standard semi-trailers. 

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.