Chargeable Weight
Chargeable weight is the weight used to price a shipment: the greater of the actual gross weight and the volumetric weight. For example, a 120 × 80 × 100 cm crate weighing 95 kg has a volumetric weight of 160 kg with the IATA divisor of 6,000, so 160 kg is charged. Rounding follows carrier rules, often up to the next 0.5 kg. Sea LCL uses a similar idea called W/M, the greater of cubic metres and tonnes.
Related terms
- Volumetric Weight (Dimensional Weight)
Volumetric weight is a weight derived from a shipment's volume so that light but bulky goods are charged fairly.
- Air Waybill (AWB)
An air waybill (AWB) is the air cargo transport document that evidences the contract and the airline's receipt of the goods.
- LCL (Less than Container Load)
LCL is a shipment too small to fill a container, so a forwarder or NVOCC consolidates it with other shippers' cargo at a container freight station (CFS).
- CBM (Cubic Metre)
CBM, the cubic metre, is the volume unit for cargo: length × width × height in metres, times the number of packages.