A 40ft container with 4 side doors is used for intermodal freight transportaion, meaning the shipping containers can work without unloading and reloading their cargo. the shipping container are also known as intermodal containers , cargo, freight containers .ISO containers, ocean containers, sea containers, sean vans, sea cans, and c cans. 90% of containers in the market are standardized and they are called dry freight and general purpose continers. most of them are 8 feet wide and of either 20 feet or 40 feet standard length and 6 feet 6 inched high