Mass of a fully loaded 40' shipping container

Mass of a fully loaded 40' shipping container (30,400 kg)

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Mass of a fully loaded 40' shipping container (30,400 kg)

  • is 1/100 of Mass of world gold production (2014) (2.99 million kg)...more
  • is 1/40 of Mass of the biggest Redwood tree (1.2 million kg)...more
  • is 1/2 of Mass of an M1 Abrams tank (62,000 kg)...more
  • is 2 x Mass of the Apollo program Lunar Excursion Module moon lander (15,200 kg)...more
  • is 4 x Mass of an old-style London bus (AEC Routemaster) (7,470 kg)...more
  • is 20 x Mass of a large passenger car (1,500 kg)...more
  • is 20 x Mass of an adult male Hippopotamus (1,500 kg)...more
  • is 200 x Mass of an adult male Panda Bear (150 kg)...more
  • is 400 x Mass of heaviest Reticulated Python snake (75 kg)...more
  • is 500 x Mass of average human (62 kg)...more
  • is 500 x Mass of heaviest allowable Lightweight professional boxer (61.2 kg)...more
  • is 20000 x Mass of a 10-pin bowling pin (1.5 kg)...more

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