Guides on logistics and freight forwarding

For forwarders and transport companies: how to run freight orders from request to payment, work with carriers and drivers, keep trip documents together and know the margin of every order before the month is over.

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What is chargeable (volumetric) weight?

Chargeable weight is the weight a carrier bills you for: the greater of the shipment's actual gross weight and its volumetric weight. Volumetric weight turns the space a shipment takes into kilograms using a conversion factor from the carrier's tariff, so light but bulky goods are charged by volume and heavy, dense goods by their real weight.

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