12G1
10ft Shipping Containers for Sale
Half the length of a 20ft box and the easiest ISO container to place on a constrained site — 2.99 m external length, 15.9 m³ of usable volume.
- External length
- 2 991 mm
- Internal height
- 2 393 mm
- Cubic capacity
- 15.9 m³
- Payload
- 8 860 kg
The 10ft container is the smallest ISO-format box in regular trade. At 2 991 mm long it fits where a 20ft unit will not: rear yards, courtyards, roof terraces reached by crane, narrow construction sites and depots with a single parking bay to spare.
Two things matter when buying one. First, 10ft is no longer part of the ISO 668 series-1 length range, so build quality and plating vary more than on 20ft and 40ft units. Second, some 10ft boxes are purpose-built and CSC-plated for sea carriage while others are shortened from 20ft units and are only suitable for static storage. We state which you are being offered on every quotation.
Technical specifications
| Property | 10ft Standard12G1 |
|---|---|
| External dimensions | |
| Length | 2 991 mm9 ft 9.8 in |
| Width | 2 438 mm8 ft |
| Height | 2 591 mm8 ft 6.0 in |
| Internal dimensions | |
| Length | 2 831 mm9 ft 3.5 in |
| Width | 2 352 mm7 ft 8.6 in |
| Height | 2 393 mm7 ft 10.2 in |
| Door opening | |
| Width | 2 340 mm7 ft 8.1 in |
| Height | 2 280 mm7 ft 5.8 in |
| Weights | |
| Tare weight | 1 300 kg2 870 lb |
| Maximum gross mass | 10 160 kg22 400 lb |
| Payload | 8 860 kg19 530 lb |
| Capacity | |
| Cubic capacity | 15.9 m³560 cu ft |
Construction & fittings
- Construction
- Corrugated weathering steel (Corten) on a welded steel frame
- Floor
- 28 mm marine-grade plywood on steel cross-members
- Doors
- Double doors at one end, cam-operated locking bars
- Corner castings
- ISO 1161 castings on purpose-built units
- Forklift pockets
- Sometimes fitted — confirm per unit
- CSC status
- Purpose-built units plated; shortened units usually not
Purpose-built or cut down — and why it changes the price
A purpose-built 10ft container leaves the factory as a 10ft unit with its own corner castings, its own CSC safety approval plate and a full-height door end. It can be shipped as freight, stacked and handled by standard equipment.
A shortened 10ft container is a 20ft unit cut and re-ended in a workshop. It is usually cheaper, often perfectly sound for storage, and normally has no valid CSC approval for sea carriage. If you intend to ship the unit as cargo equipment rather than only use it on the ground, say so on the RFQ and we will quote purpose-built stock only. See the CSC plate guide for what that approval actually covers.
Access and delivery
A 10ft unit weighs roughly 1 300 kg empty, so it can be handled by a small crane truck (HIAB) or a tilt-bed trailer. This is the size most likely to be deliverable to an address that a 20ft delivery vehicle cannot reach — but the vehicle still needs a straight run and firm ground.
Two 10ft containers do not equal one 20ft container in either volume or price. If the site can take a 20ft box, a 20ft unit is almost always the better value per cubic metre.
Typical uses
Constrained sites
Tool and plant stores
Crane-placed storage
Small-volume export
