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2. Dimensional weight - Wikipedia

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   Dimensional weight, also known as volumetric weight, is a pricing technique for commercial freight transport (including courier and postal services ), which uses an estimated weight that is calculated from the length, width and height of a package. The shipping fee is based upon the dimensional weight or the actual weight, whichever is greater.

3. Twenty-foot equivalent unit - Wikipedia

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   The twenty-foot equivalent unit (abbreviated TEU or teu) is a general unit of cargo capacity, often used for container ships and container ports. [1] It is based on the volume of a 20-foot-long (6.1 m) intermodal container, a standard-sized metal box that can be easily transferred between different modes of transportation, such as ships, trains ...

4. Ship measurements - Wikipedia

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   Cube – The cargo carrying capacity of a ship, measured in cubic metres or feet. There are two common types: Bale Cube (or Bale Capacity) – The space available for cargo measured in cubic metres or feet to the inside of the cargo battens, on the frames, and to the underside of the beams. It is a measurement of capacity for cargo in bales or ...

5. Intermodal container - Wikipedia

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   Intermodal container. A 40-foot-long (12.2 m) shipping container. Each of its eight corners has an essential corner casting for hoisting, stacking, and securing. Containers stacked on a large ship. An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, or a freight container, (or simply “container”) is a large standardized container ...

6. Packing problems - Wikipedia

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   Packing problems are a class of optimization problems in mathematics that involve attempting to pack objects together into containers. The goal is to either pack a single container as densely as possible or pack all objects using as few containers as possible. Many of these problems can be related to real-life packaging, storage and ...

7. TI-HI - Wikipedia

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   TI-HI. TI-HI, Ti-High, Tie-High, or Ti by Hi is a term often used in the logistics industry. It refers to the number of boxes /cartons stored on a layer, or tier, (the TI) and the number of layers high that these will be stacked on the pallet (the HI). [1] It can also be used in reference to the stacking pattern used to load a pallet in order ...