Chargeable Weight
Whichever is greater of actual weight and volumetric weight. What the carrier bills on.
Volume is converted to a weight-equivalent using a divisor set by mode — commonly 6,000 cm³ per kg for air, and one cubic metre treated as one tonne for LCL sea freight. Ship cushions and you pay for space; ship bolts and you pay for mass.
It belongs on the freight invoice and nowhere else. Copied onto a packing list or a bill of lading it becomes a discrepancy a broker will stop on.
Also called: volumetric weight, dimensional weight.
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