45' HC wide body, 102in
45ft high cube, 102in wide
Seven inches wider inside than an ISO 45, and those seven inches are the point: 99in takes two 48in pallets side by side, 92in does not. Seaboard and Crowley both run them out of South Florida, so on the Caribbean and Central America trades a 45 is often this box. The payload figure is legal highway weight, not the container's rating.
Outside, inside, and the door
What it looks like
Specification
| Measure | 45ft high cube, 102in wide |
|---|---|
| Exterior length | 540″ 45′ |
| Exterior width | 102″ 8′ 6″ |
| Exterior height | 115″ 9′ 7″ |
| Interior length | 534″ 44′ 6″ |
| Interior width | 99″ 8′ 3″ |
| Interior height | 107″ 8′ 11″ |
| Door opening width | 98″ 8′ 2″ |
| Door opening height | 107″ 8′ 11″ |
| Tare weight | 10,220 lb |
| Max payload | 56,730 lb |
| Max legal cargo weight | 41,700 lb |
| Max gross | 67,200 lb |
| Capacity | 3,268 cu ft |
| Chassis | 45ft or extendable |
Figures published by Crowley. Tare still varies by build, and it is stencilled on the door of the unit you are actually getting. Send us the container number and we will confirm against the real one.
What the 102 in wide 45 is
This is a 45 ft high cube built 102 in wide instead of the usual 96. Outside it runs 45 ft long, about 8 ft 6 in wide and 9 ft 7 in tall. Inside, the published figures are roughly 44 ft 6 in by 8 ft 3 in by 8 ft 11 in, giving around 3,268 cu ft, and the door opening is about 8 ft 2 in wide by 8 ft 11 in tall, which is unusually generous on height for a container.
On the Caribbean and Central America trades through PortMiami and Port Everglades it is a common box rather than a curiosity, so a booking that says only 45 may well mean this one. Tare runs around 10,220 lb on the published figures, and as with any container the tare that governs your load is the one stencilled on the door of the unit you actually receive.
Why seven inches changes the load plan
Two standard 48 in pallets need 96 in of width. An ordinary container gives you about 92 in inside, so they do not go side by side and the whole floor plan has to be built around turning pallets and accepting dead space. This box gives you 99 in, so they do, all the way down 44 ft 6 in of floor. That is not a marginal gain: it is a different way of loading the same freight.
Against an 8 ft wide 45 it is about 225 more cu ft on nearly identical outside dimensions, and against a 40ft high cube it is more of everything. The comparison that actually matters is pallets landed rather than cubic feet quoted, and that is where the wide body separates from its neighbours. If your cargo is not palletized, the advantage shrinks to the seven inches themselves and the choice goes back to whichever box is available on the trade.
What people get wrong: width has no margin, and the rating is not the road limit
102 in is the legal highway width, not a width that needs a permit and not a width with anything spare. An ordinary 8 ft container travels with six inches of slack against the limit, and this one travels with none. Nothing about that is a problem on an ordinary route, but it means a box seated slightly off on a chassis, a narrow gate, a construction lane or a tight dock approach has less room to be wrong in than the crew may expect.
The other trap is the weight column. The container is rated at 67,200 lb gross, and that is a sea and stacking figure. The number that decides whether a truck is legal in Florida is the 80,000 lb gross of the whole combination, which leaves about 41,700 lb of cargo after the tractor, a 45 ft chassis and the box's own tare, the figure Crowley publishes for this box. Loading to the rating rather than the road figure is how a legally stuffed container becomes an illegal vehicle at the first scale.
What to send to get it booked
Say 102 in, or say wide body, at the first ask. The chassis question and the load plan both change with that one word, and a 45 assumed to be the ISO box gets planned with the wrong interior width. Then the container number, the steamship line and the terminal, which decide the gate requirement and the appointment.
After that the usual: delivery address, last free day, and the cargo weight as it reads on the bill of lading rather than a guess. If the receiving site is tight, describe it, because this is a 45 ft box at full legal width and the approach matters more than the door. If the freight is palletized, the pallet size and the count are worth sending too, since that is what the extra seven inches is being bought for.
Work it out first
Comes off
Goes to
Questions
Straight answers
How wide is a 102 in container inside?
About 8 ft 3 in, which is 99 in, against roughly 92 in in an ordinary 8 ft wide box. Seven inches does not sound like much until you put pallets in it. Two 48 in pallet edges need 96 in and they fit here with room to breathe, where in a 96 in wide container they do not fit at all. That single fact is the reason the wide body exists and the reason the two sizes are not interchangeable.
Is a 102 in wide container legal on the road without a permit?
Yes. 102 in is the legal highway width in the United States, so the box travels as an ordinary load and no width permit is involved. What it does not have is margin. An 8 ft wide container has half a foot of slack against the limit and this one has none, so a shifted box on a chassis, a tight gate or a narrow bridge approach is less forgiving than the crew may be used to.
Where do 102 in wide 45ft containers come from?
They run heavily on the Caribbean and Central America services out of PortMiami and Port Everglades, which is why South Florida sees them far more often than most of the country does. If your booking is on one of those trades and says 45, there is a real chance this is the box rather than the 8 ft wide ISO version, and it is worth confirming before a load plan is drawn around the wrong interior width.
Can a 45ft wide body be loaded at a standard dock?
Usually yes, since the door opening is around 8 ft 2 in wide and dock levellers and forklifts are not troubled by the extra few inches of box width. The thing to check is the approach rather than the door: a wider box on a 45 ft chassis needs a straighter run into the bay. As always, the tightest opening on the trip is worth measuring in advance, and it is often the receiver's door and not the container.
Is the payload of a wide body 45 lower than its rating?
Much lower, and the two numbers answer different questions. The box is rated to 67,200 lb gross, which is a sea figure covering how the steel and the corner castings are built. On a Florida road the limit is the 80,000 lb legal gross of the whole combination, which leaves roughly 41,700 lb of cargo once the tractor, a 45 ft chassis and about 10,220 lb of tare are taken out. Load to the road figure.
What are the inside dimensions of a 45ft high cube, 102in wide?
Interior length, width and height are listed in the specification table on this page, alongside the exterior dimensions and the door opening. The door opening is the one that decides whether a machine fits, and it is smaller than the interior.
What chassis does a 45ft high cube, 102in wide need?
45ft or extendable. We carry the chassis, so a booking does not depend on what the terminal has available that morning.
Can you handle it overweight?
Yes, on the right chassis and with the right permit. Overweight is a separate conversation from the container size, and the ports have their own limits on top of the state's.
Where do you pull 45ft high cube, 102in wides from?
Port of Miami, Port Everglades, Port of Palm Beach, POMTOC, South Florida Container Terminal, Seaboard Marine, Florida International Terminal, Port Everglades Terminal, Crowley, King Ocean, MSC, Tropical Shipping, Antillean Marine, FEC Port Everglades ICTF, FEC Hialeah rail ramp and CSX ramp.
What is the last free day?
The last day your container can sit inside the terminal before storage charges start. Miss it and demurrage begins accruing daily, which is why a pre-pull is almost always cheaper than waiting.
What is a pre-pull?
We collect the container from the terminal before you are ready for it and hold it on a yard. It stops demurrage running at terminal rates and it takes the pressure off your receiving schedule.
What is the difference between demurrage, per diem and detention?
Three different charges from different parties. Demurrage is the terminal charging you for cargo sitting inside the gate past free time. Per diem is the shipping line charging you for keeping their container out past free time. Detention is the trucker's time, charged when a driver waits at your dock beyond the free window. They can run at the same time, which is how a bill gets ugly fast.
How do I get a rate?
Send the lane, the equipment, the container size and the port, and we come back with a number. Quotes and dispatch run 24 hours a day at quotes@dariaslogistics.com.
What does a drayage quote actually include?
The move itself, plus the accessorials people get surprised by later: chassis, pre-pull, per diem, demurrage, detention and storage. We would rather name them up front than add them to an invoice.