Enter the cartons once and see the chargeable weight for every mode side by side: air freight (6,000 divisor), courier and express (5,000), road freight at 250 or 333 kg per cubic metre, and LCL revenue tonnes. Useful when a customer asks which mode is cheapest.
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Chargeable weight is the weight a carrier bills on: the greater of the actual gross weight and the volumetric (dimensional) weight. It stops light, bulky cargo from travelling for the price of its weight alone.
Length × width × height in centimetres, divided by 6,000, for each piece. That works out at 167 kg per cubic metre. Courier and express services usually divide by 5,000 (200 kg per cubic metre).
It varies by carrier and country. Australian road carriers commonly use a cubic conversion of 250 kg per cubic metre; many European groupage carriers use 333 kg per cubic metre. Always use the factor in your carrier's rate card.
Density (kg per cubic metre) tells you at a glance which side wins. Below about 167 kg/cbm, air freight is charged on volume; above 1,000 kg/cbm, LCL is charged on weight.