Layout
The best layout our engine found puts 10 with the 1200 mm side along the length and 12 turned with the 1000 mm side along the length. That covers 93.3% of the floor.
Leaving 100 mm of length and 50 mm of width free for handling costs 2 positions: the clearance layout puts 9 with the 1200 mm side along the length and 11 turned with the 1000 mm side along the length.
Floor and door
The 40 ft dry container has 28.3 m² of floor (305 sq ft) inside. In the same box an EPAL 1 takes 25 positions against 22 for the EPAL 2, so the EPAL 2 pallets cover 26.4 m² against 24.0 m² for EPAL 1.
The door opening is 2,340 mm wide, so the EPAL 2, carried narrow side first, clears it by 1,340 mm.
Inputs
| Inside length × width | 12,024 × 2,353 mm |
|---|---|
| Inside height | 2,383 mm |
| Door opening, width × height | 2,340 × 2,280 mm |
| Guideline payload | 26,650 kg |
| EPAL 2 footprint | 1,200 × 1,000 mm |
| Equipment source | Leman USA Inc.. US road/rail-limited guideline payload |
Height and weight
Empty EPAL 2 pallets are 162 mm high. The lower of the inside height (2,383 mm) and the door height (2,280 mm) is 2,280 mm, so 14 fit in one stack and 280 across the 20 clearance positions, weighing about 9,800 kg, which is within the 26,650 kg guideline payload.
For loaded pallets stacked two high, each unit including its pallet can be at most 1,140 mm tall, which leaves 978 mm for goods on each EPAL 2.
If all 20 clearance positions are filled in one layer, the guideline payload allows on average 1,297 kg of goods per pallet, after the pallet's own 35 kg.
Other pallets in the same 40' dry
| Pallet | Floor positions | With clearance |
|---|---|---|
| EPAL 1 | 25 | 23 |
| EPAL 3 | 22 | 20 |
| EPAL 6 | 55 | 52 |
| EPAL 7 | 55 | 52 |
| CP3 | 20 | 20 |
| CP4 | 18 | 18 |
| CP5 | 31 | 31 |
| 48 × 40 | 20 | 20 |
How this is computed
The engine tries every split of the deck into rows of pallets placed one way and rows placed the other way, along the length and across the width, and keeps the arrangement with the most pallets. It does not overhang, mix in other pallet sizes or allow for bulging goods. The methodology page explains each step, and the load planner runs the same code on your own dimensions.