53-foot high cube containers — the largest box in North American domestic service.
A 53-foot domestic container, 102 inches wide and 9ʹ6½″ tall, built for double-stack rail and over-the-road trucking. 3,970 cubic feet — 31% more than a 45ʹ HC. Supplied to order.
- Standard
- Domestic
- Length
- 53ʹ 0″
- Height
- 9ʹ 6½″
- Cubic
- 112.5 m³
Front, side and doors.
New 53ʹ HC domestic containers, photographed from factory production.
North American domestic, 8ʹ 6⅜″ wide.
Built for North American rail and trucking, not to ISO 6346. Dimensions and ratings are from the factory production specification — tare and payload vary slightly by build.
External dimensions
- Length
- 53ʹ 0″ / 16.154 m
- Width
- 8ʹ 6⅜″ / 2.600 m
- Height
- 9ʹ 6½″ / 2.908 m
Internal dimensions
- Length
- 52ʹ 6¹¹⁄₁₆″ / 16.020 m
- Width
- 8ʹ 3⁷⁄₁₆″ / 2.526 m
- Height
- 9ʹ 1½″ / 2.781 m
Door opening
- Width
- 8ʹ 2″ / 2.489 m
- Height
- 9ʹ 1½″ / 2.781 m
Weights
- Tare
- 4,710 kg / 10,385 lb
- Max gross
- 30,480 kg / 67,200 lb
- Payload
- 25,770 kg / 56,815 lb
Capacity
- Cubic
- 112.5 m³ / 3,970 ft³
Identification
- Standard
- North American domestic (not ISO 6346)
- Supply
- To order
What operators use the 53ʹ HC for.
- Maximum volume per unit for storage operators — 3,970 cubic feet in one box
- North American domestic rail (double-stack) and over-the-road trucking
- Large-footprint job-site storage and staging
- Long or bulky cargo that will not fit a 40ʹ or 45ʹ
Caveats and details worth knowing.
- Not an ISO ocean container. 53-foot units are built for North American rail and trucking and do not move on international ocean vessels.
- At 102 inches wide, a 53ʹ is about six inches wider than an ISO container. Confirm site access and chassis before delivery.
- Lifted at the 40-foot position corner fittings, or by straddle forklift at the lifting pads.
Available across our condition grades.
New-build production runs are NEW (one-trip) by definition. Used inventory in the 53ʹ HC format is held in depots at varying grades — exact availability in the live matrix.
- NEW — one-trip from the factory
- 3-TRP — three-trip, near-new
- IICL — survey-grade, pulled from active fleets
- CW — cargo worthy, CSC-valid for international
- WWT — wind & watertight, storage-grade
- AS-IS — sold as-found, no guarantee
Quotes happen in one conversation.
We’ll work through grade options, depot timing, and pricing in one pass. Email works the same way, just slower.
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Ask about 53ʹ HC supply.