STOWAGE FACTORS, cbft/mt (1 cbm = 35.31 cbft)
Information in the below columns is merely a guide and no substitute for checking accurate stowage factors from local agents and/or shippers, or for inserting appropriate figures in contracts of carriage.
CARGO |
BULK |
BAGGED |
BALED |
---|---|---|---|
ALUMINA |
37-42 |
||
ALUMINA SILICA |
25 |
||
ALUMINIUM DROSS |
29 |
||
ALUMINIUM FERROSILICON POWDER |
25 |
||
ALUMINIUM INGOTS |
31 |
||
ALUMINIUM NITRATE |
21 |
||
ALUMINIUM ORE |
28 |
||
ALUMINIUM SILICON POWDER |
25 |
||
ALUNITE |
25 |
||
AMMONIUM BICARBONATE |
49 |
||
AMMONIUM CHLORIDE |
47 |
||
AMMONIUM NITRATE FERTILIZER |
30-35 |
44-50 |
|
AMMONIUM SULPHATE |
34-38 |
43-47 |
|
ANHYDROUS BORAX |
27-29 |
||
ANTHRACITE |
40-47 |
||
ANTIMONY ORES / RESIDUE |
13 |
||
APATITE CONCENTRATE |
19-20 |
||
ARGENITE |
25 |
||
ASBESTOS ORE |
55-75 |
||
ATTAPULGITE (RAW) |
45-50 |
||
ATTAPULGITE (HYDRATED) |
70-75 |
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BALL STONE |
27 |
34 |
|
BARITE = BARYTES |
15-25 |
16-21 |
|
BARLEY |
53-56 |
58-60 |
|
BASIC SLAG |
27-29 |
30-32 |
|
BAUIXTE |
27-32 |
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BEANS |
50-55 |
55-60 |
|
BEET PULP |
56 |
||
BENTONITE |
40 |
||
BLENDE |
19 |
||
BONES MEAL |
80 |
||
BORAX -ANHYDROUS BORAX |
27-29 |
||
BORAX -CALCINED RASORITE |
27-29 |
||
BORAX -COLEMANITE |
22-23 |
||
BORAX -RASORITE 46 (PENTAHYDRITE CRUDE) |
36-38 |
||
BORAX -TINCAL |
36-38 |
41-44 |
|
BORAX -ULEXITE |
36-38 |
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BORIC ACID |
50 |
||
BORNITE |
16 |
||
BROAN BEAN |
53 |
||
BROWN MANGANESE |
18 |
||
BUCKWHEAT |
61 |
71 |
|
CALCINED PYRITE |
16 |
||
CALCINED RASORITE |
27-29 |
||
CALCIUM AMMONIUM NITRATE |
30-35 |
44-50 |
|
CALCIUM CARBONATE PRECIPTATED |
47 |
||
CALCIUM HYDRATE (LIME) |
27 |
40-42 |
|
CALCIUM NITRATE FERTILIZER |
32-40 |
||
CALCIUM PHOSPHATE |
25 |
||
CANDLE |
56 |
||
CARBORUNDUM |
20 |
||
CASTOR BEANS |
78 |
||
CASHEW NUTS |
75 |
||
CELESTITE |
19-21 |
||
CEMENT |
22-27 |
23-28 |
|
CEMENT CLINKER |
25-30 |
||
CERARGYRITE |
25 |
||
CERUSSITE |
16 |
||
CHALCOCITE |
16 |
||
CHALCOPYRITE |
16 |
||
CHALK |
35-40 |
||
CHARCOAL |
95 |
||
CHINA CLAY (KAOLIN) |
35-45 |
40-45 |
|
CHROME PELLETS |
21 |
||
CHROMIC IRON ORE |
14 |
||
CHROMIUM ORE |
14 |
||
CHRYSOLITE (OLIVINE) |
21-23 |
||
CITRUS PULP PELLETS |
55-58 |
||
CLAY |
29-41 |
||
COAL |
38-50 |
||
COAL BRIQUETTES |
54-60 |
||
COAL SLURRY |
38 |
||
COAL TAR |
49-52 |
||
COBALT GLANCE |
18 |
||
COBALT ORE |
18 |
||
COCOA |
80 |
||
COFFEE |
60-70 |
||
COIR |
90-130 |
||
COKE |
60-100 |
||
COKE BREEZE |
50-65 |
||
COKE -FOUNDRY COKE |
80-90 |
||
COKE -FURNACE COKE |
70-80 |
||
COLEMANITE |
22-23 |
||
COPPER CONCENTRATE |
14-18 |
22-28 |
|
COPPER GRANULES |
8-9 |
||
COPPER MATTE |
14-19 |
18-20 |
|
COPPER ORE |
15-20 |
||
COPPER PYRITES |
20-22 |
||
COPPER SLAG |
35-40 |
||
COPRA |
75 |
85 |
|
COPRA CAKE |
60 |
65 |
|
COPRA CHIPS |
100 |
||
COPRA EXPELLERS |
60 |
65 |
|
COPRA MEAL |
60 |
70 |
|
CORN (MAIZE) |
47-52 |
52-56 |
|
CORUNDUM |
35-40 |
40-45 |
|
COTTON |
60-130 |
||
COTTON SEEDS |
90-100 |
||
COTTONSEEDS CAKE |
55-65 |
||
COTTONSEEDS EXPELLERS |
60-65 |
||
COVELLITE |
16 |
||
CRYOLITE |
25 |
||
CARGO |
BULK |
BAGGED |
BALED |
---|---|---|---|
DEAD MAGNESITE |
29 |
47 |
|
DI-AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE (DAP) |
41-45 |
45-47 |
|
DI-CALCIUM PHOSPHATE |
55-60 |
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DIRECT REDUCED IRON |
18 |
||
DOLOMITE |
20-23 |
||
DRIED POTATO SLICES |
71 |
||
DRIED SILK WERM CHRYSALIS MEAL |
69 |
||
DRIED TURNIP |
95 |
||
DRY COPRA |
71 |
||
EARTHY COBALT |
21 |
||
EMERY |
18-20 |
20-30 |
|
ESPARTO |
130-170 |
||
FEATHERS MEAL |
160 |
||
FEED WHEAT |
46-48 |
||
FEEDING STUFFS |
80 |
||
FELDSPAR |
22-30 |
27-35 |
|
FERBERITE |
26 |
||
FERROCHROME |
8 |
||
FERROMANGANESE |
8 |
||
FERROPHORPHORS |
7 |
||
FERROSILICON |
21 |
||
FIRE CLAY |
53 |
||
FISH MEAL |
47 |
71 |
|
FLAX |
100-155 |
||
FLUORSPAR -BLOCKS |
12 |
||
FLUORSPAR -WET |
17-20 |
||
FLUORSPAR -DRY |
20-25 |
||
FLY ASH |
44 |
||
FOUNDRY SAND |
26 |
||
CARGO |
BULK |
BAGGED |
BALED |
---|---|---|---|
GALENA |
16 |
||
GLUTEN PELLETS |
64 |
||
GRANITE -BLOCKS |
15-20 |
||
GRANITE -CHIPPINGS |
29-30 |
||
GRANULATED SLAG |
32 |
||
GRAPHITE IN FLAKES |
71 |
||
GRAPHITE IN POWDER |
40 |
||
GRASS MEAL |
95 |
||
GRAY COBALT |
18 |
||
GREEN BEEN |
61 |
||
GROUNDNUTS |
60-110 |
65-90 |
|
GYPSUM |
27-40 |
40-45 |
|
HAY |
125-350 |
||
HAZELNUT KERNELS |
75 |
||
HEMATITE |
19 |
||
HEMP |
90-110 |
||
HEMP SEEDS |
75 |
||
HSS |
47-52 |
52-54 |
|
HUBNERITE |
26 |
||
ILMENITE |
11-15 |
||
IRON ORE |
19 |
||
IRON ORE CONCENTATE |
19 |
||
IRON ORE PELLETS |
14 |
||
IRON OXIDES |
16 |
||
IRON SPONGS |
16 |
||
IRON SWARF |
16 |
||
IRONSTONE |
19 |
||
JUTE |
100-105 |
65 |
|
KAINIT (POTASH) |
33-36 |
35-37 |
|
KALISALT (POTASH) |
33-36 |
35-37 |
|
KAOLIN (CHINA CLAY) |
35-45 |
40-45 |
|
LEAD CHROMATE ORE |
14 |
||
LEAD NITRATE |
28 |
||
LEAD CONCENTRATES |
12-13 |
||
LEAD ORE |
13-14 |
16 |
|
LEAD SULFATE ORE |
16 |
||
LENTILS |
50-55 |
55-60 |
|
LICORICE ROOT |
130-140 |
85 |
|
LIME (CALCIUM HYDRATE) |
40-42 |
||
LIMESTONE |
24-30 |
||
LIMONITE |
19 |
||
LINSEED |
50-60 |
55-65 |
|
LITHIUM |
25 |
||
LITHOPONE |
44 |
||
LOGS |
109 |
||
LUPINSEED |
44-48 |
||
|
CARGO |
BULK |
BAGGED |
BALED |
---|---|---|---|
MAGNESITE |
22 |
53 |
|
MAGNESIUM ALUMINIUM SILICATE (SEE ATTAPULGITE) |
|||
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE (MAGNESITE) |
20-30 |
||
MAGNESIUM CHORIDE |
57 |
||
MAGNESIUM NITRATE |
29 |
||
MAGNESITE (MAGNESIUM CARBONATE) |
20-30 |
||
MAGNISIUM SULPHATE |
46 |
||
MAIZE |
47-52 |
52-56 |
|
MAIZE BROKEN |
57 |
||
MAIZE COB MEAL |
125 |
||
MAIZE EMBRYO |
63 |
||
MAIZE EMBRYO CAKE |
64 |
||
MALACHITE |
14 |
||
MALT |
54-56 |
56-58 |
|
MANGANESE ORE |
18 |
||
MANGANIC CONCENTRATE |
16 |
||
MANGANITE |
18 |
||
MANIOC |
60-62 |
60-62 |
|
MARBLE BLOCKS |
15-20 |
||
MILORGANITE |
54 |
||
MONO-AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE (MAP) |
42-46 |
||
MOONSTONE |
26 |
||
MURIATE OF POTASH (MOP) = POTASSIUM CHLORIDE |
30-40 |
||
NAPTHALENE |
70 |
||
NEPHELINESYENITE |
16 |
||
NICKEL ORE CONCENTRATE |
16 |
||
NIGER SEED MEAL |
64 |
||
NITRO PHOSPHATIC COMPOUND (NPK) |
35-40 |
48-53 |
|
NPK (NITRO PHOSPHATIC COMPOUND) |
35-40 |
48-53 |
|
OATS CLIPPED |
48-62 |
64-72 |
|
OATS UNCLIPPED |
71-77 |
83-85 |
|
OIL CAKES |
50-65 |
55-75 |
|
OLIVINE (CHRYSOLITE) |
21-23 |
||
ONIONS |
85 |
||
OXILIC ACID |
54 |
||
PADDY |
53 |
71 |
|
PALM KERNELS |
60-65 |
70-75 |
|
PARAFFIN WAX |
54 |
||
PEACH KERNELS |
65-85 |
||
PEANUT MEAL |
64 |
||
PEANUTS |
116 |
||
PEAT |
90 |
||
PEBBLES |
21 |
||
PELLETS (GRAIN -WIDELY) |
45-65 |
60-90 |
|
PENCIL PITCH |
52 |
||
PENTAHYDRITE CRUDE (RASORITE 46) |
36-38 |
||
PERLITE |
35-38 |
||
PETROLEUM COKE |
40-60 |
||
PHOSPHATE ROCK |
28-35 |
45-50 |
|
PIG IRON |
14 |
||
PINENUT KERNELS |
75 |
||
PITCH PENCIL |
50-55 |
||
PITCH PRILL |
30-35 |
||
POLLARDS |
70-90 |
||
POONAC |
80 |
||
POSHAN BAUXITE |
25 |
||
POTASH |
33-36 |
35-37 |
|
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE = MURIATE OF POTASH (MOP) |
30-40 |
||
POTASSIUM FELSPAR SAND |
26 |
||
POTASSIUM NITRATE (SALTPETRE) |
31 |
||
POTASSIUM SULPHATE FERTILIZER |
28-32 |
||
POTATO |
55 |
60-70 |
|
POYVINYL CHORIDE |
47 |
||
PSILOMELANE |
18 |
||
PUMICE |
50-70 |
||
PUMPKIN SEEDS |
85 |
||
PVC RESINS |
52 |
||
PYRITE |
16 |
||
PYRITE ASHES |
16 |
||
PYRITE CINDERS |
16 |
||
PYRITES |
16 |
||
PYROLUSITE |
18 |
||
PYROPHYLITE |
18 |
||
QUARTZ |
22 |
||
|
CARGO |
BULK |
BAGGED |
BALED |
---|---|---|---|
RAPESEED |
53-57 |
60-65 |
|
RASORITE 46 (PENTAHYDRITE CRUDE) |
36-38 |
||
RED LEAD |
37 |
||
REFINED SALT |
35 |
||
RESIN |
88 |
||
RICE -PADDY (ROUGH) |
56-60 |
64-67 |
|
RICE -BROWN (CLEAN) |
45-50 |
53-55 |
|
RICE -WHITE (POLISHED) |
50-52 |
||
RICEBRAN |
70-75 |
82-86 |
|
RICEMEAL |
64-67 |
||
RUBBER |
65-70 |
||
RUTILE SAND |
14-20 |
25-30 |
|
RYE |
49-52 |
53-55 |
|
SALT |
30-40 |
||
SALTPETRE (POTASSIUM NITRATE) |
31 |
||
SANDS |
11-25 |
||
SAWDUST |
102 |
||
SCHEELITE |
26 |
||
SCORIES (BASIC SLAG) |
27-29 |
30-32 |
|
SCRAP METAL |
50-65 |
40-50 |
|
SEEDCAKES |
50-65 |
55-75 |
|
SEMOLINA |
64-66 |
||
SESAMESEED |
55-70 |
||
SHEANUTS |
65 |
75 |
|
SIDERITE |
16 |
||
SILICA |
28 |
||
SILICA SAND |
26 |
||
SILICOMANGANESE |
8 |
||
SISAL |
90-110 |
||
SLAG (BASIC SLAG) |
27-29 |
30-32 |
|
SLEEPERS |
71 |
||
SLIG |
19 |
||
SLIVER ORE |
25 |
||
SMALL RED BEANS |
55 |
56 |
|
SODA ASH DENSE |
40-45 |
45-50 |
|
SODA ASH LIGHT |
60-65 |
65-75 |
|
SODA FELSPAR SAND |
26 |
||
SODIUM BI-CARBONATE |
47 |
||
SODIUM CHLORATE |
49 |
||
SODIUM NITRATE |
28-32 |
32-34 |
|
SODIUM SULTHATE |
49-53 |
||
SORGHUMS |
44-49 |
52-56 |
|
SOYABEANS |
48-52 |
55-58 |
|
SOYBEAN MEAL |
54-66 |
65-75 |
|
SOYBEAN PELLETS |
55-60 |
65-70 |
|
STEEL SCRAP |
50-65 |
40-50 |
|
STEEL SWARF |
16 |
||
STONE IN GRAINS |
33 |
||
SUGAR |
40-43 |
48-53 |
|
SUGAR BEET PULP PELLETS |
55-65 |
||
SULPHUR |
28-32 |
35-40 |
|
SUNFLOWERSEED |
85-90 |
||
SUNFLOWERSEED MEAL |
59-61 |
||
SUNFLOWERSEED PELLETS |
62-65 |
||
SUPERPHOSPHATE |
30-35 |
||
SUPERPHOSPHATE -TRIPLE (TSP) |
35-45 |
45-50 |
|
SWEET POTATOES SLICED |
85 |
||
|
CARGO |
BULK |
BAGGED |
BALED |
---|---|---|---|
TACONITE |
16 |
||
TALC |
24 |
38 |
|
TANKAGE |
53 |
||
TAPIOCA PELLETS/CUBES |
50-55 |
65 |
|
TAPIOCA CHIPS |
70-75 |
85 |
|
TEA (in chests) |
70-150 |
||
TIN ORE |
17-18 |
21-22 |
|
TINCAL (BORAX) |
36-38 |
41-44 |
|
TITANIUM FLUX |
25 |
||
TITANIUM SLAG |
25 |
||
TOBACCO (in hogsheads) |
70-80 |
||
TOBACCO (in cases) |
120-140 |
||
TRIPLE-SUPERPHOSPHATE (TSP) |
35-45 |
45-50 |
|
TUNGSTEN |
26 |
||
TURNINGS |
45-55 |
||
TYRES FOR TRUCKS |
200 |
||
ULEXITE (BORAX) |
36-38 |
||
UREA |
45-55 |
55-65 |
|
VANADINITE |
23 |
||
VANADIUM ORE |
23 |
||
VERMICULITE |
46-48 |
48-52 |
|
WHEAT |
44-49 |
47-52 |
|
WHEAT BRAN |
70-110 |
80-120 |
|
WHEAT BRAN PELLETS |
52-55 |
||
WHEAT FLOWER |
51-55 |
51-59 |
|
WHEAT MIDDLINGS |
58-70 |
80-90 |
|
WHEAT PELLETS |
53-60 |
60-70 |
|
WILD SESAME SEEDS |
69 |
||
WOLFRAMITE |
26 |
||
WOODCHIPS |
99 |
||
WOODPULP PELLETS |
106 |
||
ZINC CHLORIDE |
43 |
||
ZINC CONCENTRATES |
16-20 |
||
ZIRCON SAND |
13-19 |
19-21 |