{"id":6799,"date":"2026-11-02T05:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T05:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/?p=6799"},"modified":"2026-11-04T06:26:03","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T06:26:03","slug":"40hq-container-steel-loading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/vi\/resources\/40hq-container-steel-loading\/","title":{"rendered":"How much structural steel fits in a 40HQ container?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/packing.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/packing.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/packing-169x300.webp 169w, https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/packing-576x1024.webp 576w, https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/packing-768x1365.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/packing-864x1536.webp 864w, https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/packing-7x12.webp 7w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 40HQ can legally carry around 26 t, but structural steel rarely reaches that. Long, bulky members fill the space first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"limits\">Container limits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Container<\/th><th>Inside L \u00d7 W \u00d7 H<\/th><th>Typical steel load<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><th>20GP<\/th><td>5.9 \u00d7 2.35 \u00d7 2.39 m<\/td><td>Bolts, plates, small parts<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>40HQ<\/th><td>12.03 \u00d7 2.35 \u00d7 2.69 m<\/td><td>18\u201324 t of members<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>40FR<\/th><td>12.0 m, open sides<\/td><td>Wide or heavy pieces<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"rules\">Rules of thumb<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-check\">\n<li>Keep members under 11.8 m to fit a 40HQ with handling room<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Nest purlins and small members inside large sections<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Heavy compact items (base plates, bolts) fill weight with little volume<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-note wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Splice to fit.<\/strong> A bolted splice at 11.8 m is often cheaper than one flat rack.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Container dimensions, why steel loads cube out before weight, typical tonnage per 40HQ and how member length affects freight cost.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_aseo_title":"How Much Steel Fits in a 40HQ Container? | GG Steel","_aseo_desc":"40HQ container dimensions, why structural steel cubes out before weight, typical tonnage per 40HQ and how member length affects freight cost. Read the full article.","_aseo_noindex":false,"_aseo_og_image":0,"_aseo_schema_type":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6799"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7125,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6799\/revisions\/7125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}