Overweight Container Weight
Shipper thinks the weight only 25 000 kgs but shipping line say that the cargo is 37 486 kgs.
Overweight container weight. Steps a shipping line should take to ensure accurate weights are recorded at interchange points. Tri axle chassis are green friendly and readily available to deliver your cargo. Container with a maximum iso weight of 67 700 lb. Our fleet of customized 4 axle trucks 20 ft 40ft and 45 ft.
When a booking is accepted the shipper advises the shipping line the estimated cargo weight. The trouble then comes in because the container is pulled at the destination ramp with a larger cab that came straight from a fueling station. Shippers must be aware while factoring in the truck chassis and container weight maximum gross weight can not exceed this limit. A legally dispersed 5 axle rig would have a max axle weight of 12000 lbs on steer 34000 lbs on the drive tandem axles 17000 lbs on the 4 th axle and 17000 lbs on the 5 th axle.
Interstates is 80 000 lbs including tractor weight chassis and container weight cargo weight etc. Therefore it is recommended that you check the weight limit on the container before packing to avoid unnecessary reloading. However for most us states we can say that the gross limit of a truck with the container cannot exceed 80 000 pounds by law. Maximum allowable total gross weight for trucks on u s.
40 feet hi cube refrigerated container has paylaod only 29 700 kgs hence overweight 7786 80 kgs. Now there is an overweight issue. On a truck with a minimum typical weight of 30 000 lb a uniform maximum truck weight of 98 000 to 100 000 with overweight permits and fees could simplify international container shipments and benefit states through. Any vehicle above this limit is considered overweight.
Gross weight 2314 master carton x 16 2 kg 37 486 80 kgs. The additional weight in the cab and fuel pushes the total weight to be greater than the 80 000 pounds. It is possible to be considered overweight in one or all of the following ways. Truck transport overweight container and axle weight violations vary from state to state in the us and range from us 1 000 to us 5 000 per incident.
Therefore as long as the container load exceeds the weight limit the terminal will refuse to accept the container. At heavy weight transport inc our specialized fleet of equipment allows us to transport overweight cargo across the nation. If the cargo is indeed overweight and cannot be split then you can choose an overweight container. Off interstate limits are typically lower.