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Container weight calculator
Enter tare and payload and find out whether your container is within the road limit — and which trailer configuration it needs.
Resources
The reference material we kept being asked for
Specifications, weights and vocabulary, written for people who move containers occasionally rather than daily. Free, no sign-up, no email wall.
Reference
Tools and tables
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Reference table
Container specifications
Internal dimensions, capacity, tare and maximum payload for every container type you are likely to receive.
Guide · 6 minute read
Guide to gross weight
Tare, payload, gross mass and VGM — what each one means, and which limit actually decides whether your load can travel.
Reference · 32 terms
Glossary of terms
FCL, VBS, DO, EDO, VGM, tare, detention, dehire and the rest of the freight vocabulary, in plain English.
Also useful
Elsewhere on the site
Frequently asked questions
Twenty straight answers on weights, lead times, terminals and dangerous goods.
Where we deliver
Coverage from the port precinct to regional NSW, plus every terminal and empty park we are registered at.
Compare configurations
Side loader, standard, retractable and drop trailer, side by side with weights and site requirements.
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Send the details and you will have a quote the same day. If it is urgent, call — we run to terminal windows, not office hours.