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DENSITY CALCULATOR

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SHIPPING TERMS AND FREIGHT TERMS GLOSSARY

BlueGrace Logistics is proud to offer a new freight terms glossary with over 750 freight terms, shipping terms and supply chain terms. Feel free to check out all of these words by clicking here.

BLUEGRACE DOCUMENTS

BlueGrace Logisics now offers carrier claim forms from all of our carriers, as well as broker/carrier documents and credit forms. Please click here to get access to all of these documents.

FREIGHT CLASS EXPLANATION

Shipments that are sent as LTL (less-than-truckload) are typically rated per hundred pounds and fall into a class range between 50 to 500. There are a total of 18 classes and each is used in determining the rate, the lower the class the less than rate and vice versa.

The NMFC (National Motor Freight Classification) determines the class for every product and is the standard by which all major carriers use when determining a products class. When determining the class for a product the NMFC uses four characteristics; density, stowability, handling and liability.

A significant amount of class applications require the density to determine the actual class, this is done multiplying the height, width and length in inches then dividing by 1728 to determine the cubic footage. Take the weight and divide the cubic footage into it to determine the PCF, (pounds per cubic foot), again this helpful in many instances when determining the proper NMFC class.

If you are unsure of your products class or density please call us for assistance and we will gladly provide you with the correct information, our expert staff has years of experience in applying the correct NMFC codes.

Please contact us for additional information and assistance.