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Q: What is a reconsignment?

A reconsignment is the term used when a shipment that is already in transit requires the delivery address to change. There is an additional fee when this is required. The fees are typically calculated based on rating the shipment from the pick-up address to the point or location at which the shipment is able to be stopped Plus the rate from the point or location the shipment was stopped to the new delivery address. Depending on where the shipment is these fees can be high. In addition to the freight rates covering the added distances, there are also administrative fees to relabel the shipment and in cases where the shipment is an international shipment and it needs to be sent to another country, there could be custom entry fees to report the re-export of the shipment. If you need to reconsign your shipment please contact our customer service team today by emailing osd@exfreight.com.

Q: What is a loading meter?

A loading meter is also known as LDM is a standard unit of measurement for transport by truck in Europe. A loading meter is equal to one meter of loading space of the truck’s length. The calculation to determine the number of loading meters is: length in meters x width in meters / 2.4 = number loading meters per piece. Add up each piece’s total loading meters and you have the total loading meter value for the entire shipment. Similar to the NMFC freight class system in the USA, European LTL truck carriers use the loading meter calculation to determine an adequate amount of dimensional weight for each shipment. A majority of the carriers use a minimum billing weight of 1850 kgs per loading meter. Therefore if your shipment is less than 1850 kgs per loading meter you will be billed at 1850 kgs per loading meter. In addition to the loading meter weight rule, European trucking carriers also utilize a density weight rule which assigns a minimum weight per cubic meter of each shipment. A typical density weight rule is 333 kgs per cubic meter. It can all be very confusing but in simple terms, each carrier will bill you based on the greater of the following three calculated weights. The actual weight of your shipment, the loading meter weight of your shipment, and the cubic meter density weight. ExFreight’s Exfresso rating system automatically calculates all of these weights and quotes the proper rate to you so you don’t have to worry if you calculated it incorrectly. We make shipping easy.