How Many Small cartons Fit in a 40ft High-Cube Container?
5,300 small cartons (30 × 20 × 20 cm, 5 kg each) fit in a 40ft High-Cube Container.
460 small cartons on the floor: 10 straight lanes of 40 plus 1 turned lane of 60. Stacked 13 layers high (20 cm each under a 269 cm ceiling), that is 5,980 by space. Weight is the binding limit: the 26,500 kg payload divided by 5 kg per small carton caps the load at 5,300 before the space runs out.
| Scenario | Small cartons |
|---|---|
| Single tier, best lane pattern | 460 |
| Single tier, straight rows only | 440 |
| Stacked 13 layers high | 5,980 |
| Payload limit | 5,300 |
| Practical maximum (weight-limited) | 5,300 |
40ft High-Cube Container: 1203 × 235 × 269 cm interior, 26,500 kg payload. At the practical maximum the load fills 84% of the interior volume.
Small cartons in a 40HC — common questions
How many small cartons fit in a 40ft High-Cube Container without stacking?
460 small cartons on the floor: 10 straight lanes of 40 plus 1 turned lane of 60.
Can you stack small cartons in a 40ft High-Cube Container?
Stacked 13 layers high (20 cm each under a 269 cm ceiling), that is 5,980 by space.
Is space or weight the limit for small cartons in a 40ft High-Cube Container?
Weight is the binding limit: the 26,500 kg payload divided by 5 kg per small carton caps the load at 5,300 before the space runs out.
Your freight isn't one uniform size?
These counts are the exact best lane pattern for one repeated item size — the standard way pallet counts are quoted. Mixed cargo packs less cleanly. Paste your real item list into the free calculator and see the load in 3D.
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