How big is a shipping container?
12.2 m long · 40 ft
The standard forty-foot container is 12.2 meters long.
Family car 4.5 m
Shipping container 12.2 m
Compared with things you know
- A shipping container is about 6.1× the height of a basketball player Basketball player: 2 m
- A shipping container is about 6.0× the height of a door Door: 2.03 m
- A shipping container is about 2.7× the length of a family car Family car: 4.5 m
- A shipping container is about 2.2× the height of a giraffe Giraffe: 5.5 m
Think you could size it by eye? A shipping container is one of the objects in Sizedle.
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