40ft Double Door Dimensions

External and Internal Space Dimensions

Planning your ground space and calculating storage volume requires exact external and internal measurements. Internal width and length are slightly reduced compared to standard designs due to the recess for the additional rear door lock mechanisms.

The clear entry door aperture is critical when loading large pallets via forklift. The door clearance width is 2,340 mm, and the door clearance height is 2,280 mm at both ends. You must provide clear ground clearance at both ends of your site footprint to allow the double doors to swing open 270 degrees against the outer sides of the container walls.

Weight Boundaries and Material Specifications

Every industrial container includes weight ratings permanently stamped onto its safety data plate. These technical values confirm the safe legal operating weights for haulage, stacking, and lifting operations.

The core framework relies on high-tensile structural steel panels that resist external impact. The floor uses a 28mm marine plywood deck laid over heavy steel cross members. This floor surface withstands repeated forklift wheel traffic and heavy commercial equipment without buckling or splitting.

Sales and Hire Guide Pricing Ranges

Shipping Containers of London offers flexible payment terms based on your commercial terms. Use these price ranges to evaluate whether an outright asset purchase or a short-term hire plan matches your company's budget guidelines.

Hiring works well for temporary infrastructure or for infrastructure you only need during seasonal warehouse overflow. Purchasing a container outright gives you full ownership equity and lets your engineers modify the steel shell with doors, louvres, or electrical installations.

Container Condition Grades Explained

We supply containers in two primary condition categories. Both configurations guarantee weather protection, but their visual finish and structural age profiles differ significantly.

• One-Trip New Builds: These premium boxes are manufactured in overseas factories and transported by sea in a single cargo load to our local depots. They have fresh paint, minimal surface blemishes, and long structural lifespans. They are ideal for high-profile retail conversions, urban storage facilities, and international logistics.
• Used Shipping Line Units: These units are sourced from international shipping operators and are usually 10 to 15 years old. The outer panels show paint patches, scratches, panel creases, and surface rust. We inspect and guarantee every single box to ensure it is wind and watertight, keeping your building tools and stock entirely dry.

Delivery Logistics, Vehicle Clearances, and Siting

Shipping Containers of London uses specialist haulage drivers to drop the equipment directly onto your business premises. We deliver using an articulated vehicle equipped with a heavy hydraulic HIAB crane. This lorry-mounted crane lifts empty boxes from the flatbed and swivels them into place on the side of the trailer bed at a 90-degree angle.

The transport delivery vehicle needs a minimum physical route width clearance of 3.2 metres to pass safely through gates or lanes. The vertical bridge clearance height must be at least 4.5 metres when travelling with a standard container on the trailer bed. During crane lifting operations, the boom arms lift up to 10 metres into the air. The dropping zone must remain entirely clear of low-overhead telephone lines, live high-voltage power cables, overhanging trees, and roof eaves. Lorry drivers will refuse to complete a lift if they work within 20 metres of live power lines without a specific site safety risk assessment.

The ground surface must be solid, level, and stable to support vehicle outriggers and distribute the heavy weight of the steel posts. Acceptable foundation options include reinforced concrete pads, asphalt, or dry compacted gravel. You can also ask our transport driver to lower the box castings directly onto pre-prepared concrete slabs or solid timber rail sleepers. Soft soil, grass, uncompacted sand, and wet mud cannot bear the weight. Placing equipment on soft ground makes the corners sink unevenly, which twists the door frames out of alignment, jams the locking rods, and prevents the double doors from opening. Check out our full delivery guidelines to complete your ground preparation before the vehicle departs the depot.