high cube container

The last clearance offers the most flexibility, allowing two high cube containers to be stacked.

Specialized shipping containers include: High Cube Containers (Providing an extra 1 ft in height to standard shipping containers), pallet wides, open tops, side loaders, double door or tunnel-tainers and temperature controlled containers.

In September 2007 ONTRACK announced plans for a deviation, and in December a contract worth NZ$2.8 million was let to Hurlstone Earth Moving for a 992-m deviation to eliminate the tunnel, with trains now able to carry 2.9 m high cube containers.