Legal Weight for 40` Container in California
In Canada, 20-foot dry container 40,000 lb (18.14 MT) 46,000 lb (20.87 MT) 42,000 40-foot dry containers 44,500 lb (20.19 MT) 55,000 lb (24.95 MT) 52,000 45-foot dry containers 43,000 lb (19.50 MT) 53,500 lb (24.20 MT) 50,500 20` reefer CNTR 37,000 lbs. (16.89 MT) 43,000 lb (19.50 MT) 39,000 40` Reefer CNTR 41,500 lb (18.82 MT) 52,000 lb (23.59 MT) 48,000 On some non-interstate highways, trucks can carry fully loaded containers because the state has set weight limits for state highways greater than 80,000 lbs. Eighteen states allow legal GVWR over 80,000 lbs. on non-interstate highways, while five GVWR at less than 80,000 lbs. on non-interstate highways. One of the limitations of this option is that it can lead to safety, productivity and environmental disadvantages due to the design of some national roads compared to highways. Any request for a rail bill exceeding the weight limit authorized by OOCL will be refused and the message will be returned to the sender within one hour of receiving the email informing us of our inability to process. NOTE 1: Above are the load weight limits for truck movements departing from Montreal. Charges exceeding the above weights may incur additional costs that must be guaranteed prior to delivery.
Additional costs may include additional mileage, partial oil change to reduce the load to legal weight limits, and/or fines. Also note that there may be delays if the weight exceeds the legal limits. If your destination is in the overweight corridor, these permits are the only ones you need. When you move your overweight container across the corridor, the permits (and costs) can really add up. Each of the trucks transporting your containers requires “individual transport permits” for each location through which the container will pass. Minnesota will only issue OS/OT permits for containers if they are transporting raw or unprocessed agricultural products in international trade. New York allows sealed containers up to 100,000 lbs. on five-axle trucks with an outer deck limit of 51 feet. Due to the large number of variables that go into the calculation of the bridge formula, we propose the following recommended guideline for maximum average payload weights for containers. NOTE: Strict adherence to cooling weights. The tare limit indicated on the container must never be exceeded. In order to protect States` road structures and to enable the efficient movement of containers from forwarding terminals to intermodal transfer facilities, several States have designated special transport routes for overweight sealed containers used in international trade.
Overweight non-divisible loads may drive on these designated routes with overweight licenses. Washington, Texas and California currently use this option in one form or another. If you`re like many companies, you`ve shipped your products in containers and maximized weight to about 43,000 pounds so they can legally travel on U.S. highways. If you do, you`re probably leaving “airspace” open in your containers. This unused storage space can be an unnecessary expense for your business. Ohio-Pennsylvania-New York movements. Ohio is not in favor of overweight containers.
Ohio considers international containers to be indivisible goods when transported within the state to an intermodal facility in Ohio if the shipment is destined for a destination outside the United States. No license is issued for transshipments through or from Ohio to other destinations in the United States. The link provided above sets out the maximum weight restrictions in the State of California with respect to the transportation of goods on California roads. When comparing the maximum permissible weights on shipping containers with the maximum permissible weights on California roads, the maximum weight allowed on California roads is in most cases less than the maximum weight allowed in a particular container. Wisconsin-Illinois movements. The Port of Chicago is a large shipping container port that supports the trade of several surrounding states. Illinois treats containers as indivisible and will issue a permit with an overweight limit of 98,000 that allows the transport of a fully loaded container. However, the neighboring states of Indiana (95K max) and Wisconsin (90K max) cannot allow fully loaded containers (with limited exceptions for bulk cargo such as grain or coal). This means that a container of consumer goods to be shipped to one of these two states would have to be split into two smaller loads, which would require time and labor to break down the cargo, as well as the cost of an additional driver, truck and trailer, reducing the economic benefit of containerized shipping. The same process is reversed for goods produced in Indiana and Wisconsin – the goods must be shipped to Illinois where they can be combined into a single container, again at the additional cost of handling and transportation.1 On October 11, 1996, President Clinton signed legislation amending the Intermodal Container Transportation Safety Act of 1992. The original legislation, designed to protect motor carriers and municipalities from overweight containers carried by the U.S. intermodal system, placed a significant burden on shippers and shippers without fully achieving the stated objectives of the legislation.
Federal Bridge Formula (FBF): The U.S. Federal Bridge formula is used to calculate the maximum permissible weight based on the distance between axle assemblies. Divided into inner deck (between axes 2 and 5) and outer deck (axis 1 and axis 5).
