Open Top Containers
Gorgeous, ISO certified open top containers from Cargostore. We deliver worldwide.
Cargostore knows containers. We know that you don’t just want a shabby, beaten up, old looking rust mill. We know you want an attractive steel beauty that you know will stay in one piece and get your cargo safely home. That’s why Cargostore leases only the most attractive Open Top Shipping Containers to our clients.
Flexible top loading for moving or storing crane loaded heavy goods. Check out our beauties below.
ALSO SEE DOUBLE DOOR CONTAINERS and DRY VAN CONTAINERS
We also supply DNV Open Top Containers for offshore use.
What is an open top container?
An open top container is exactly what it says on the tin, instead of having a solid roof, the top can be covered with a soft covering of strong rubber tarpaulin.
They are designed to carry oversized loads which cannot be loaded from side doors, or in a regular-sized shipping container and need to be loaded via the top using a crane.
Usually made from corrugated steel, an open top container still has accessible side doors giving you complete flexibility.
Open top shipping container applications
There is a wide variety of shipping containers on the market available to buy or hire but if you are looking to transport goods that cannot fit inside a closed top container or goods which cannot be loaded via the side doors including:
- Scrap metal
- Ore, coal or other materials
- Trees
- Long steel bars
- Cables and cable spools
- Tall, awkward cargo
then an open-top container is perfect for you.
Once loaded, it may be over the average height so cannot be stored with closed top containers. This does mean they are more expensive than a regular container.
Open top container specifications
Open top containers come in a range of sizes similar to Dry ISO shipping containers. Furthermore they are available in standard tarp top or Hard Top options.
| Specification | 20ft | 40ft |
| External nominal dimensions | 6m x 2.43m x 2.6m (high), 20’ x 8’ x 8’ 6” (high) | 12m x 2.43m x 2.6m (high), 40’ x 8’ x 8’ 6” (high) |
| Internal dimensions | 5.8m x 2.35m x 2.4m, 19’ 4” x 7’ 8” x 7’ 10” | 11.8m x 2.35m x 2.4m, 39’ 4” x 7’ 8” x 7’ 10” |
| Cubic capacity | 33.2m³, 1,173ft³ | 66.4m³, 2,348ft³ |
| Tare weight | 2,300 kgs, 5,070 lbs | 3,650 kgs, 8,046 lbs |
| Max Gross weight | 30,480 kgs, 67,200 lbs | 32,500 kgs, 71,650 lbs |
| Max Payload | 28,180 kgs, 62,130 lbs | 28,850 kgs, 63,603 lbs |
| Structure | Steel doors and panels, timber floor, tarpaulin roof | Steel doors and panels, timber floor, tarpaulin roof |
| Accessibility | Removable tarpaulin and roof bows, swinging header | Removable tarpaulin and roof bows, swinging header |
All specifications are indicative. Individual container’s dimensions may differ.
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