Volumetric weight
Volumetric weight is a weight worked out from a shipment's size instead of its mass: length × width × height in centimetres, divided by 6,000.
It is used for billing when cargo is light for its size.
- Also called
- Dimensional weight, DIM weight, Volume weight
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