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Chargeable weight

Meaning in logistics & supply chain, with examples

nounCommon term

In logistics & supply chain, chargeable weight means: The weight used to calculate the freight charge: the higher of the actual gross weight and the volumetric weight worked out from the shipment's dimensions.

In Turkish: ücrete esas ağırlık, faturalandırılan ağırlık

How it is used

Most important in air freight and courier shipments, where light but bulky goods are charged by volume. In standard air freight, one cubic metre counts as 167 kg (the volume in cm³ divided by 6,000). Forwarders show it on quotes and on the air waybill.

Example sentences

  1. The boxes only weigh 80 kg, but their chargeable weight is 250 kg because they are so big.

  2. Can you make the cartons smaller? The chargeable weight is making air freight too expensive.

Common collocations

  • calculate the chargeable weight
  • volumetric weight
  • actual weight
  • gross weight
  • air freightThe transport of goods by plane, either in the hold of passenger aircraft or on dedicated cargo planes; fast but expensive.
  • air waybillThe transport document for air cargo, issued by the airline or its agent, which serves as a receipt for the goods and as evidence of the contract of carriage.
  • freight rateThe price a carrier or forwarder charges to move goods, usually per container, per pallet, per kilogram or per shipment.
  • LCLShort for less than container load: a small sea shipment that shares a container with goods from other shippers and pays only for the space it uses.

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