Container load calculator
Enter your pallets or cartons and see in 3D how they fit — how many containers you need, how full they are and what's left over. Free, no sign-up.
Container
We try 20ft, 40ft, 40ft HC and 45ft HC and pick the one that needs the least container space — a 40ft High Cube when it's a tie, since it costs about the same and gives more room.
Cargo
Recommended
1 × 40ft High Cube
- 41%
- Volume used
- 31%
- Payload used
- 31.7 m³
- Cargo volume
- 9.2 m
- Load length
- Euro pallets 14
- Cartons 120
- 8,800 kg
Everything fits.
Other options
Indicative plan based on typical inside dimensions. Real loading also depends on the carrier's equipment, weight distribution and securing — we'll confirm before booking.
How the load calculator works
Enter your cargo
Add each kind of pallet or carton with its size, weight and quantity — or start from a preset like a Euro pallet.
We stack it like a loader would
Units are placed from the front wall towards the door, heaviest and largest first, only on top of cargo that can carry them.
See it in 3D
Rotate the container, check the fill rate and payload, and see exactly which units don't fit.
Container dimensions and capacity
Typical inside dimensions, door openings and limits of the containers used in the calculator. Individual carriers' equipment varies by a few millimetres and kilograms.
| Container | Inside L × W × H, mm | Door W × H, mm | Capacity | Max payload | Euro / std pallets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20ft Dry Container | 5,898 × 2,352 × 2,393 | 2,340 × 2,280 | 33.2 m³ | 28,250 kg | 11 / 10 |
| 40ft Dry Container | 12,032 × 2,352 × 2,393 | 2,340 × 2,280 | 67.7 m³ | 26,730 kg | 24 / 20 |
| 40ft High Cube | 12,032 × 2,352 × 2,698 | 2,340 × 2,585 | 76.4 m³ | 28,560 kg | 24 / 20 |
| 40ft High Cube Pallet Wide | 12,100 × 2,440 × 2,690 | 2,400 × 2,580 | 79.4 m³ | 28,400 kg | 30 / 24 |
| 45ft High Cube | 13,556 × 2,352 × 2,698 | 2,340 × 2,585 | 86.0 m³ | 27,700 kg | 27 / 24 |
| 45ft High Cube Pallet Wide | 13,556 × 2,444 × 2,698 | 2,420 × 2,585 | 89.4 m³ | 29,200 kg | 33 / 26 |
| 20ft Reefer | 5,444 × 2,268 × 2,272 | 2,276 × 2,261 | 28.1 m³ | 27,400 kg | 10 / 9 |
| 40ft Reefer High Cube | 11,583 × 2,294 × 2,554 | 2,290 × 2,569 | 67.9 m³ | 29,520 kg | 23 / 20 |
| 40ft Non-Operating Reefer | 11,583 × 2,294 × 2,554 | 2,290 × 2,569 | 67.9 m³ | 29,520 kg | 23 / 20 |
| 20ft Open Top | 5,888 × 2,345 × 2,346 | 2,286 × 2,261 | 32.4 m³ | 28,130 kg | 11 / 10 |
| 40ft Open Top | 12,029 × 2,342 × 2,337 | 2,336 × 2,260 | 65.8 m³ | 26,630 kg | 24 / 20 |
| 40ft Open Top High Cube | 12,029 × 2,342 × 2,636 | 2,336 × 2,560 | 74.3 m³ | 28,400 kg | 24 / 20 |
| 20ft Flat Rack | 5,638 × 2,208 × 2,233 | — | 27.8 m³ | 31,260 kg | 11 / 8 |
| 40ft Flat Rack | 12,080 × 2,126 × 1,955 | — | 50.2 m³ | 39,400 kg | 25 / 20 |
Frequently asked questions
11 Euro pallets (120×80 cm) fit on the floor of a standard 20ft container in a single tier, or 9–10 industrial pallets (120×100 cm). If the pallets are low and stackable, the calculator will double-stack them.
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