Aluminum Container
The aluminumcontainer has justits main parts made of this material, is also called aluminum alloy container. Made of aluminum magnesium alloy this container is light weight because its densityis one-thirdof steel. A 20’ aluminum container is about 1700 Kg, 25% lighter than a steel container. It can load more weight of cargothan a steel container of the same size.
Thealuminum magnesium alloy forms an oxidation film that resist common corrosion, however, less effective in sea water. The aluminum container is stainless and has goodappearance. It has good elasticity, is easy to generate deformationwhen outer force is added and will recover after the out force is removed.
The aluminum container is low budget buildingand maintenance. Usually, some coating is painted on the out surface and its lifetime is about 15 years. It’s suitable to use on a container ship with a cell container structure.
Specifications of the Aluminum Container
Container | Inside cubic capacity | Maximum gross Weight cargo | Volume |
20ft container | 5.94m ×2.34m×2.39m | 28.25 ton | 33 stere |
40ft container | 12.06m ×2.34m×2.39m | 28.8 ton | 67 stere |
40ft high cube container | 12.06m ×2.34m×2.69m | 30.2 ton | 76 stere |
45ft high cube container | 13.5m ×2.34m×2.71m | 27.7 ton | 85 stere |
20ft open top container | 5.89m ×2.32m×2.31m | 20 ton | 31.5 stere |
40ft open top container | 12.01m ×2.33m×2.15m | 30.4 ton | 65 stere |
20ft flat rack container | 5.85m ×2.23m×2.15m | 23 ton | 28 stere |
40ft flat rack container | 12.05m ×2.12m×1.96m | 36 ton | 50 stere |