(UT) Dimensions of Shipping Container (TL9)

[Rupert]

Originally Posted by johndallman

Well, it weighs 11,000 lbs when full, and most containers will float in water when loaded, just about. That weight is just about 5,000kg, which means it's approximately 5 cubic metres. So it's quite a lot smaller than a standard container.

A standard '20-foot' shipping container is 19' x 8' x 8.5' (lxwxh), weighs 2.245 tons (short) empty, with a maximum gross weight of 33.6 tons. Internal volume is 1,169 cubic feet. That gives a density of 57.48 pounds/cu. ft., or about 90% of sea water - they float almost submerged, which is why containers that fall off ships are such a menace to small ships (like private yachts).

Note that 40-foot and 40-foot 'high-cube' containers, despite being much longer (and somewhat higher in the case of the high-cube) have the same gross weight - they are useful for shipping bulkier objects, but not heavier ones.

The UT shipping container, assuming a similar loading to a standard intermodal one, would have ~190 cubic feet of interior space - calling it 200 cubic feet all up would work. It sounds like the hiding space is cramped, and 10% of 190 cu. ft. is consistent with that - you can fit four people into that (barely), but they won't be moving, and won't have much spare space. I doubt they'd be up to much for a while after crawling out of that.

As for the container's dimensions, something like 8' x 5' x 5', perhaps. If you want a cube, 6' on each side is also about right.

[The Colonel]

Originally Posted by Rupert

A standard '20-foot' shipping container is 19' x 8' x 8.5' (lxwxh), weighs 2.245 tons (short) empty, with a maximum gross weight of 33.6 tons. Internal volume is 1,169 cubic feet. That gives a density of 57.48 pounds/cu. ft., or about 90% of sea water - they float almost submerged, which is why containers that fall off ships are such a menace to small ships (like private yachts).

Last I heard, Stan Rogers fans have a floating intermodal container as the favourite for sinking the Jeanie C.

[doctorevilbrain]

I don't understand that reference. Who's he?

[Rupert]

Originally Posted by doctorevilbrain

I don't understand that reference. Who's he?

Jeannie C is a boat that is sunk in a song by singer Stan Rogers. The song doesn't say what she hit, just that

But no leak I found from bow to hold.
No rock it was that got her.
But what I saw made my heart stop cold,
For every seam poured water.

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by doctorevilbrain

I don't understand that reference. Who's he?

He was a Canadian folk singer who died in an airplane accident. I didn't catch the reference in the OP post, but it apparently refers to song lyrics about the wreck of sailboat. Floating shipping containers are a serious hazard to navigation, especially for smaller vessels. That's unlikely to be a problem for the Ultratech version, however.