Internal Length

589 cm

5.89 m

Internal Width

234 cm

2.34 m

Internal Height

238 cm

2.38 m

Max Capacity

33.2 m³

1172.4 ft³

The workhorse of global container shipping. Ideal for dense cargo — machinery, raw materials, and consumer goods. A full 20ft load is typically heavier than it is voluminous.

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The calculator below is pre-filled with the 20ft Standard's internal dimensions. Change Pieces to calculate total CBM and see what percentage of the container you'd fill. To calculate a different box size, adjust the dimensions freely.

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Total CBM 32.8026 cubic metres. 98.8 percent of container capacity.

Results

Total CBM

32.8026m³Fits— 98.8% of container volume

1 × (589 × 234 × 238 cm) ÷ 1,000,000 = 32.8026 m³

Link to this result

https://www.freightutils.com/cbm/20ft-standard?l=589&w=234&h=238#result

The call returns the same answer, with its source and its status: Computed.

The same answer in your agent

{"tool":"cbm_calculator","arguments":{"length_cm":589,"width_cm":234,"height_cm":238}}

MCP server: https://www.freightutils.com/api/mcp/mcp

Through the API

# Total CBM 32.8026 m³ (1 piece(s), 32.802588 m³ each) — computed per FreightUtils published methodology.
curl 'https://www.freightutils.com/api/cbm?l=589&w=234&h=238'

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