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A shipping service or shipping company in general is there a way to calculate the weight of an item when you are about to send a package and don't understand what volume is? In this article, we will discuss in order to know the calculation of the delivery of goods in the expedition service. In general, when you want to send goods, you do a process of weighing and calculating the weight (kilograms) for shipping via land expeditions, sea expeditions and also air expeditions. In calculating the weight, you can use the actual weight (actual weight) and volume weight, which means that the item is large but light, so this will be subject to a volume calculation, from the results of the weight calculation, it will be multiplied by the destination city to send the goods according to the publish rate on the website so that until it is found the total cost of shipping goods that must be paid. The following is an explanation of how to calculate the weight of goods (volume).
Original Weight (Actual Weight)
The weight of the goods when they go through the weighing process is called the original weight in general with a unit of weight, namely kilograms (Kg). For those who often send goods, they often see the process of weighing goods when it is carried out in expedition services or logistics services or cargo delivery services. In the weighing results, the results are usually not round, with examples weighing 8.12 Kilograms and 8.76 Kilograms, so there is usually a policy in rounding goods up or down. For example, for goods of 8.12 Kilograms, they are rounded down to 8 kilograms, while for weights of 8.76, they are rounded up to 9 Kilograms. The thing that needs to be known and remembered is that every freight forwarding / cargo / logistics service has its own policy in the rounding process on the weight of the goods.
Volumetric Formula of Land & Sea Freight Cargo Freight
The thing that needs to be done is to weigh the item to find out the amount of weight, for example when the item weighs 8 kilograms, then the item is measured in length, width and height using the volume formula. Calculation of the volume formula for shipping cargo by land or sea: length x width x height (cm): 4000 = …. Kilogram. Example of goods with dimensions of 73.14 x 17.88 x 48 (cm): 4000 = 15.69 (16 Kilograms) then by volume calculation, the original weight calculation does not apply. The kilogram that will be applied is the weight of the volume of 16 Kilograms of goods.
Air Cargo Shipping Goods Volumetric Formula
In the delivery of goods via air cargo, there is a difference from the calculation of the formula for the volume of land cargo goods. The following is the calculation of the air cargo volume formula: length x width x height (cm): 6000 =…Kilograms. Examples of goods to be sent by air with the same dimensions as goods on land cargo with dimensions of 73.14 x 17.88 x 48 (cm): 6000 = 10.46 (10 Kilograms). Then the weight that will be taken at the time of delivery is the weight of the volume and the weight that is weighed does not apply.
Thus the explanation of the volume calculation for air, land and sea cargo shipments. Choose the option that suits your shipping cost budget that is more in line with your budget. Hopefully this article can help or as your reference before sending goods through a freight forwarder, and after you read this article if you have any questions, we are happy to help.