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How heavy is a shipping container?

How heavy is a shipping container?
June 13, 2016 Sunel

The tare (unloaded) weight of a 6 m steel container is 2.4 tonnes. A 12 m steel container is 4 tonnes, and a 12 m Hi-Cube container is 4.2 tonnes.

A 6 m aluminium refrigerated container weighs 2.8 tonnes, and a 12 m Hi-Cube refrigerated container is about 4.3 tonnes.