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40' Flatrack
Highest payload of the flatracks. Full internal dimensions, door opening, capacity and weights below.
- Inside length
- 11.832 m
- Inside width
- 2.228 m
- Inside height
- 1.981 m
- Door width
- Not applicable
- Door height
- Not applicable
- Capacity
- Not applicable
- Tare weight
- 4200 kg
- Max cargo weight
- 40800 kg
About the 40' Flatrack
A forty-foot open bed with end walls, rated for the heaviest payload of any flatrack in common service.
It is the standard answer for cargo that is both long and dense — structural steel, pipe bundles, large fabrications, industrial plant. The underframe is built for that weight, but it has to be spread along the bed rather than concentrated over a short span.
Cargo may overhang the sides and the ends. Over-width or over-length cargo changes how the unit is stowed on board and how it can move inland, so both need checking before booking.
What it carries
How it is built
- A steel deck on a reinforced underframe, rated to carry heavily concentrated point loads rather than an evenly spread one.
- End walls only — fixed on standard units, hinged on collapsible ones — with no side walls and no roof.
- Lashing rings set into the side rails, frequently with stanchion pockets for uprights.
- Corner castings at the standard ISO positions, so it handles and stacks like any other container.
- A steel frame carrying a softwood floor, with end walls strong enough both to take cargo securing and to let several flatracks be stacked.
- Lashing rings are set into the side rails, the corner posts and the floor, rated to 4,000 kg on 40 ft units.
- Gooseneck tunnels at both ends, and some units carry lashing winches with two-tonne belts.
- Stanchions can be fitted for cargo that needs uprights.
Why it is used
- Takes cargo wider and taller than any closed unit can accept.
- High payload rating, which suits dense cargo such as steel, stone and machinery.
- Can be loaded from the side or from above, so the door aperture never limits the piece size.
What to check before booking
- Cargo is fully exposed to weather and spray and usually needs wrapping or sheeting.
- Lashing and weight distribution must be worked out per shipment; over-width or over-height cargo also limits what can be stowed alongside.
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