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Container Types

Container Sizes

All five types side by side, with the dimensions that decide which one fits your site. Every size delivered to your Alabama address with delivery inside the price.

Quick Comparison

All Container Types at a Glance

Type Length Width Height Int. Volume Best For Quote
20ft Standard 20 ft 8 ft 8.5 ft 1,170 cu ft Home storage, driveways Quote
40ft Standard 40 ft 8 ft 8.5 ft 2,350 cu ft Contractors, farms, businesses Quote
40ft High Cube 40 ft 8 ft 9.5 ft 2,694 cu ft Tall equipment, conversions Quote
Modified / Custom 20 or 40 ft 8 ft Varies Custom Offices, cabins, custom builds Quote
Refrigerated (Reefer) 20 or 40 ft 8 ft 8.5 ft Varies Food, produce, breweries, catering Quote

Dimensions shown are approximate exterior. Interior dimensions are slightly smaller. Every quoted price includes delivery in Alabama.

New 20ft one-trip shipping container
Most Popular

20ft Standard Container

The 20ft is the size most people end up with, and for good reason. It fits a standard driveway or residential lot, holds roughly what a two-car garage holds, and can be placed in spots a 40ft simply cannot reach.

For a renovation, seasonal equipment, or a business that has outgrown its back room, the 20ft is usually the right call. It needs about 70 feet of straight clearance at the drop point.

How Alabama Customers Use It

  • ✓ Renovations in Birmingham's older intown neighborhoods, where lots in Forest Park, Highland Park, Avondale and Crestwood are small and there is rarely a garage to empty into.
  • ✓ Contractor tool and material storage on job sites across Jefferson, Shelby, Madison, Limestone and Baldwin counties, replacing the daily load in and load out.
  • ✓ Residential placements in Huntsville, where the city's portable storage structure allowance is one hundred sixty square feet and a 20ft container fits it exactly while a 40ft does not.
  • ✓ Farm, timber and hunting tract storage across the Black Belt and the Wiregrass, where the container is often the only lockable building on the parcel.
  • ✓ Poultry operations on Sand Mountain and in Cullman County, set at the end of a chicken house lane to keep feed, bedding and equipment dry between houses.
  • ✓ Coastal properties in Mobile and Baldwin counties, where steel and a good lock handle salt air far better than a wood shed does.

Specifications

Exterior Length20 ft (6.1 m)
Exterior Width8 ft (2.44 m)
Exterior Height8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Interior Length19 ft 4 in
Interior Width7 ft 9 in
Interior Height7 ft 10 in
Volumeabout 1,170 cu ft
Door Opening7 ft 8 in W x 7 ft 5 in H
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Specifications

Exterior Length40 ft (12.2 m)
Exterior Width8 ft (2.44 m)
Exterior Height8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Interior Length39 ft 5 in
Interior Width7 ft 9 in
Interior Height7 ft 10 in
Volumeabout 2,350 cu ft
Door Opening7 ft 8 in W x 7 ft 5 in H
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40ft standard shipping container
Double the Space

40ft Standard Container

Twice the storage of a 20ft in the same width. The 40ft standard is the working size for contractors, farms and businesses: large equipment, multiple pallets, or everything that will not fit anywhere else.

The trade is access. A 40ft needs about 100 feet of straight clearance for the tilt-bed to set it down. On a constrained lot, two 20ft units often place where one 40ft will not.

How Alabama Customers Use It

  • ✓ Warehouse and dock overflow along the Interstate 20 and Interstate 59 corridor through Bessemer and McCalla, Alabama's busiest warehouse map.
  • ✓ Port and drayage ground storage around Choctaw Point and the Mobile river terminals, where an owned box beats per diem on a steamship line's container.
  • ✓ Supplier park staging at the assembly and engine plants, from Vance and Lincoln to Montgomery and west Huntsville, where sequencing space inside the fence is always short.
  • ✓ Equipment and implement storage on peanut and cotton operations around Dothan, Enterprise, Geneva and Headland, where there is room to work and a straight pull off the county road.
  • ✓ Catfish operations in Hale, Greene and Perry counties keeping feed, aerators, pumps and spare motors at the pond levee rather than back at the shop.
  • ✓ Timber crews, sawmills and the Tennessee-Tombigbee barge terminals at Demopolis, Epes and Aliceville storing parts and rigging at the gate.
40ft high cube one-trip container with the doors open
Most Space

40ft High Cube Container

Same footprint as the standard 40ft, one foot taller: 9 ft 6 in outside, just over 9 ft of usable height inside. That foot changes what the box can be. You can stand fully upright, run services overhead, and fit equipment a standard container will not take.

It is the usual starting point for conversions: offices, bunkhouses, break rooms and workshops. Clearance requirement is the same as any 40ft, about 100 feet.

How Alabama Customers Use It

  • ✓ Any Alabama buyer comparing a like-new 40, because in all three cities the 40ft high cube One-Trip currently prices below the 40ft standard height, and in Huntsville the high cube Wind and Water Tight does too.
  • ✓ Pallet racking for supplier yards around the assembly plants at Vance, Lincoln, Montgomery and west Huntsville.
  • ✓ Any build you intend to insulate and finish, because closed cell foam on the walls and ceiling takes headroom you cannot get back in a standard 40ft.
  • ✓ Aerospace and defense program storage around Redstone Arsenal and Cummings Research Park, where tooling and ground support equipment stand tall.
  • ✓ Cast pipe, steel and fabrication shops in Jefferson County and at Calvert storing stock and tooling upright at the fence line.

Specifications

Exterior Length40 ft (12.2 m)
Exterior Width8 ft (2.44 m)
Exterior Height9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
Interior Length39 ft 5 in
Interior Width7 ft 9 in
Interior Height8 ft 10 in
Volumeabout 2,694 cu ft
Door Opening7 ft 8 in W x 8 ft 5 in H
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Common Modifications Available

  • ✓ Personnel doors and roll-up doors
  • ✓ Windows, fixed or opening
  • ✓ Electrical wiring, outlets and panel
  • ✓ LED interior and exterior lighting
  • ✓ Insulation, HVAC and climate control
  • ✓ Flooring overlays and wall panels
  • ✓ Custom exterior paint and branding
  • ✓ Built-in shelving and workbenches
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Modified shipping container converted into a finished workspace
Custom

Modified Containers

A modified container starts as a standard steel box and gains the parts you need: doors, windows, insulation, electrical, climate control. What comes out is a weatherproof structure that costs less than building one and can be set almost anywhere.

Which modifications matter depends on where it will sit. Insulation and ventilation are decided by climate, not preference, so tell us the site and the intended use before the specification is fixed.

How Alabama Customers Use It

  • ✓ Job site offices for general contractors working Baldwin, Shelby, Madison and Limestone counties, among the fastest growing in the Southeast.
  • ✓ Secure tool and parts rooms for the contractor base around Redstone Arsenal, Anniston Army Depot, Maxwell Air Force Base and the Army aviation post in the Wiregrass.
  • ✓ Workshops and studios on Sand Mountain, Lookout Mountain and Monte Sano property, where two 20ft units often place where a 40ft never will.
  • ✓ Break rooms and dry storage at quarry, coal and timber operations that run crews well away from any building.
  • ✓ Hunting camp buildings on Black Belt and Wiregrass tracts that have no structure on them at all.
20ft refrigerated container with its refrigeration unit
Refrigerated

Refrigerated (Reefer) Containers

A reefer is a shipping container with a refrigeration unit built into one end, holding anywhere from -25 degrees F to +70 degrees F. The insulation is part of the original build, not added afterwards, which is why it holds temperature the way a retrofitted box cannot.

Available in 20ft and 40ft. It needs a 460V 3-phase connection, or a compatible generator where 3-phase power is not on site. Confirm your power supply before ordering, because that is the constraint that catches people out.

How Alabama Customers Use It

  • ✓ Seafood houses, docks and charter operations at Bayou La Batre, Coden and Dauphin Island holding catch cold at the water rather than trucking it inland first.
  • ✓ Peanut, produce and pecan operations across the Wiregrass and the Tennessee Valley holding product between picking and packing.
  • ✓ Catfish processors and pond operations in Hale, Greene and Perry counties needing reliable cold on the farm.
  • ✓ Caterers, event operators and beach rental managers on the Baldwin County coast who need cold storage delivered to a site that has none.
  • ✓ Restaurants and grocers in Birmingham, Huntsville and Mobile adding walk in capacity in the lot rather than rebuilding the back of house.

Key Specifications

Available Sizes20ft and 40ft
Temperature Range-25 F to +70 F
Power Requirement460V 3-phase
Condition AvailableUsed and reconditioned
Insulated WallsYes, integral
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Before You Order

Site Preparation and Delivery Clearance

Containers arrive on a tilt-bed truck. Knowing your clearance before the truck is booked is what keeps a delivery from turning into a second trip.

Required Straight Clearance

20ft
about 70 feet straight clearance
Measured from the drop point in a straight line
40ft
about 100 feet straight clearance
Standard and high cube both

Also check: 10 to 12 ft of width, anything overhead (trees, power lines, roof overhangs), and the road surface. Gravel and dirt are fine. Flag steep grades and soft ground, because those are what actually stop a truck.

See How Delivery Works

Tilt-bed delivery in action. This is what to expect at your property.