Freight Density Calculator
Calculate shipment density in pounds per cubic foot and kilograms per cubic meter from total weight and total cubic volume.
Calculate freight density
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What the desktop software adds
Density is weight divided by cubic volume.
Freight density describes how much weight is packed into a unit of space. In U.S. freight work it is often expressed as pounds per cubic foot. Metric operations may use kilograms per cubic meter.
density = total shipment weight ÷ total shipment volumeIf you only have carton dimensions, use the CBM calculator first to determine total cubic volume, then return here with the shipment weight.
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