Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Volume / Cubic Meter (m3) Calculator for Freight Shipping

When you need to send goods overseas using ocean freight, and the shipment is not large enough to fill a standard container (20 ft or a 40 ft container), you will need to calculate your shipping rates based on Cubic Meter (m3) because it is a LCL shipment (Less than container load).

Typically LCL ocean freight rates are calculated BY VOLUME (per cubic meter/cubic foot) not by weight. The volume in cubic meters of a 20 ft container is approximately 33 Cubic Meters with practical loading of about 28 m3. The volume in cubic meters of a 40 ft container is approximately 66 Cubic Meters with practical loading of about 56 m3. This volume calculator is a simple and easy way to calculate your m3. Please click on the Volume Calculator image.

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For example, if your shipment contains 10 small boxes, 20 medium boxes, and 15 large boxes, you can calculate the m3 using this calculator.

10 x Small Boxes 36.5cm (W) x 47.5cm (L) x 33.5cm (H)

20 x Medium Boxes 41.9cm (W) x 53.7cm (L) x 33.0cm (H)

15 x Large Boxes 31.0cm (W) x 47.0cm (L) x 58.0cm (H)

TOTAL CUBIC METERS: 3.34

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Note: We’re not shipping experts. Here are just some tips to share since we’re selling boxes.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Guess how many Facebook Fans The Box Company will have on 31 December, 2009.


We created a Facebook Page on May, 2009. As of today (19 August, 2009), there are 85 fans. Thank you everyone for being a fan. We certainly hope more people will get to know about us via Facebook.

How many Facebook fans do you think we will have by 31 December, 2009? Above is our Facebook Insights detail. Just post your guess.

The closest guess will get RM100.00 cash prize for a Malaysia fan and SGD50.00 cash prize for a Singapore fan.

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Link to Malaysia Site - http://www.theboxcompany.com.my/

Link to Singapore Site - http://www.theboxcompany.com.sg/

Link to this Blog - http://theboxcompany.blogspot.com/

Link to Facebook Page - http://www.theboxcompany.com.my/facebook

Sunday, August 16, 2009

The Box Company in Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru and Singapore














Kuala Lumpur
Lot 3A-049, 4th Floor Endah Parade,
No. 1 Jalan 1/49E, Bandar Baru Seri Petaling,
57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel (603) 9056 5348 Fax (603) 9056 5349
Web http://www.theboxcompany.com.my/



Johor Bahru
No.105, Jalan Beringin, Taman Melodies,
80250 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Tel (607) 3311 269 Fax (607) 3313 269
Web http://www.theboxcompany.com.my/


Singapore
7500A Beach Road, #B1-302,
The Plaza Block A, Singapore 199591
Tel: (65) 6298 0806 Fax: (65) 6298 0803
Web http://www.theboxcompany.com.sg/