[AccessD] Access rounding scenario

Quite possibly.   

Freight charges are generally  based on the *greater of*  weight or volume 

You can put about 6.1 cu meters or 22 tonnes of cargo in a 20ft container.   

So you can either fill it with 6.1 cu metres of feather pillows weighing x tonnes  or  partially fill 
it with y cu metres of hammers weighing 22 tonnes.  (where x is much less than 22  and y is 
much less than 6.1)

Effectively, the feathers will be charge by volume, the hammers will be charged by weight.

When working out the landed cost of imports, it is common to  apportion all bulk costs 
including freight, insurance, clearance costs etc  on a "relative cost"  basis.

-- 
Stuart  

On 22 Aug 2011 at 20:50, Arthur Fuller wrote:

> That method seems about as good as you're going to get. But to my mind
> there's something a little screwy about the logic here. Suppose
> Material 1 is boxes of feathers and Material 2 is boxes of hammers.
> The transport cost is equal?
> 
> Arthur
>