Also known as a double-door or tunnel container, the 20ft end to end tunnel shipping container carries a full set of cargo doors at both ends rather than one. That single change transforms how the unit works day to day: you can drive a forklift straight through, load from whichever side the yard traffic allows, and reach a pallet at the far end without shuffling everything in front of it. Construction is standard shipping grade — high-strength Corten steel, welded frame, fully wind and watertight — so nothing is given up in strength or weather protection.
Key Features
- Full-height double cargo doors at both ends, each with heavy-duty locking bars, cams and keepers
- Through-loading layout that halves handling time and allows access from either end of the standing
- High-strength Corten weathering steel body with corrugated panels and a rain-shedding roof
- Wind and watertight construction with factory rubber gaskets on all four door leaves
- Marine-grade plywood flooring on steel cross-members, rated for forklift and pallet-truck use
- Hazmat-free, safety-screened stock supplied ready for immediate use
- ISO corner castings and forklift pockets for craning, stacking and repositioning
Specifications
| External dimensions | 6.06m L × 2.44m W × 2.59m H (20ft × 8ft × 8ft 6in) |
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| Internal dimensions | Approx. 5.90m L × 2.35m W × 2.39m H |
| Door opening (each end) | Approx. 2.34m W × 2.28m H |
| Internal capacity | Approx. 33m³ (1,165 cu ft) |
| Construction | Corten weathering steel, corrugated panels, welded steel frame |
| Flooring | Marine-grade plywood on steel cross-members |
| Tare weight | Approx. 2,300kg (5,070lb) |
| Maximum gross weight | 30,480kg (67,200lb) |
Ideal For
Tunnel containers earn their extra cost anywhere stock turns over quickly. Builders’ merchants and plant hire depots use them as drive-through stores; farms load hay, feed and machinery from the field end and unload from the yard; distribution operations use them as buffer stores where goods go in one end and out of the other. They are also the natural choice for conversions that need a corridor layout — changing rooms, welfare units, pop-up galleries, shooting ranges and split workshops where a partition creates two independently accessed halves.
Delivery Across the UK
Deliveries run to every part of the UK. Because a tunnel container needs clear space at both ends to be genuinely useful, it pays to plan the final orientation before the lorry arrives — tell us which way round you want the doors and the driver will position it accordingly. Tilt-bed delivery suits most firm, level sites, with HIAB crane offload available where the standing is tight or elevated.
