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Stowage factor
The stowage factor of a cargo is the ratio of weight to stowage space required under normal conditions. It indicates how many cubic meters one metric ton of a particular type of cargo occupies in a hold, taking account of unavoidable stowage losses in the means of transport.
The stowage factor of a cargo may vary, since it depends on the packaging and the nature of the cargo.Where bale goods are concerned, an important parameter is whether they are transported compressed or uncompressed,
Other goods have stowage factors which vary depending on the degree to which they have been processed.
Below are the stowage factor for various commodities
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For General Cargo
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Commodity
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Packing
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Stowage Factor
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Acetate - Butyl Ethyl
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Drums
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1.84
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Acetone
|
Drums
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1.784/1.925
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Acid - Citric
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Cases
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1.331
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Alcohol - Ethyl
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Drums
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1.982
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Alcohol - Rectified
|
Drums
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1.84
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Aloes
|
Cases
|
1.109
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Aluminium Ingots
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Bundled
|
0.821
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Aluminium Foil
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Cases
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3.508
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Aluminium Rods
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Loose Coils
|
0.679/0.849
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Andalusite
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Bags
|
0.649
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Antimony
|
Pallets
|
0.736
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Arsenic
|
Drums
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0.736
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Arsenite (sodium)
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Drums
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1.132
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Asbestos
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Bags (Mozambique)
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2.83/3.964
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Asbestos
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Bags (South Africa)
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2.435/2.584
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Asbestos (Pressure Packed)
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Bags
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2.26
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Asphalt
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Drums
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1.331
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Barley
|
Bags
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1.699/1.840
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Batteries (lead/acid)
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Crates
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1.132
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Beans (canned)
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Cartons
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1.416/1.557
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Beans (soya)
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Bags
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1.585
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Beer
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Cases
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1.869
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Beer
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Cartons
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1.699
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Beeswax
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Bags
|
1.84
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Billets (steel)
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Pcs
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0.283
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Bituminous solution
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Drums
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1.699
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Bones
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Bags
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2.832
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Bottles
|
Bags
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2.492
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|
Bottles (Coke or Pepsi)
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Bags
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1.982
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Bran
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Bags
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2.832/3.394
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Brandy
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Casks
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2.124
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Brandy
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Cases
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1.385
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Bricks
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Cases
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0.849/0.991
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Bricks (fire)
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Loose
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0.736
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Briquettes (Charcoa)
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Bags
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0.991/1.132
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Buchu (herb)
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Bales
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7.646
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Buckwheat
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Bags
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1.557/1.840
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Calcium carbide
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Drums
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1.146/1.699
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Canned goods
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Cartons
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1.132/1.146
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Candles
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Cartons
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2.265
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Carbon Black
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Cartons
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4.163
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Casks (empty)
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Loose
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2.69
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Cassava Root
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Bags
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2.69
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Cattle Feed
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Bags
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2.067
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Caustic Soda
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Drums
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0.708
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Cereals
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Cartons
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6.796
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Cement
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Bags
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0.651
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Cement
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Marino Slings
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0.793
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Chain
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Drums
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0.679
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Charcoal
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Bags
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5.664
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Chicory
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Bags
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1.699
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Chrome Ore
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Bags
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0.339/0.424
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Cigarettes
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Cartons
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3.794
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Clay
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Bags
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0.849/1.416
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Cloves
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Bags
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3.398
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Coal Tar
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Drums
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1.614
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Cobalt
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Drums
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0.566
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Coffee
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Bags
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2.832
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Confectionery
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Cartons
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2.378
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Copper
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Blister
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0.509
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Copper
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Ingots
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0.509
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Copper
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Cathodes
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0.339
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Copper
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Ingots bundled
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0.254
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Copper
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Billets
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0.141
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Copper Concentrates
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Bulk
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0.509
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Copra
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Bags
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2.265/2.548
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Corks (crown)
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Cartons
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2.265
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Corn flour
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Bags
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1.585
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Corundum Ore
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Bags
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1.132
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Cotton Seed
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Bags
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2.407/3.115
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Cotton Seed Oil cake
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Bags
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2.124/2.265
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Cotton Lint
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Bales
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3.568
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Cotton
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Pressed Bales
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2.407
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Crayfish (Atlantic Spiny Lobster)
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Cartons
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1.557
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Creosote
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Drums
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1.416
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Curry Powder
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Cartons
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2.039
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Custard Powder
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Cartons
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1.982
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Drums 55 gal empty
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Loose
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2.832/11.328
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Dynamite
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Cases
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2.548
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E.C. Feed (Cattle Feed)
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Bags
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1.557/1.982
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Electrolytic Manganese
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Drums
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0.509
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Essences
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Cartons
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1.246
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Eucalyptus Logs
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Loose
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1.557
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Eucalypts Oil
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Drums
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1.416
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Encrypted Ore
|
Drums
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0.708
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Ferrochrome
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Drums
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0.396
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Ferromanganese
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Drums
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0.679
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Ferrosilicon
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Drums
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0.849
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Fiber Board
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Sheets
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1.146
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Filters (oil)
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Cartons
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5.125
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Fish (canned)
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Cartons
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1.557
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Fish meal
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Bags
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1.699/1.840
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Fish Oil
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Drums
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1.699
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Flour (maize)
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Bags
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1.642
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Flouspar
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Bags
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0.849
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Fondant (cement)
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Cases
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1.217
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Fruit (canned)
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Cartons
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1.132
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Fruit (dried)
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Cartons
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1.359/1.557
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Fruit Juice (canned)
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Cartons
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1.557
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Garlic
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Cartons
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1.614
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Glass
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Crates
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1.274/1.982
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Glucose
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Drums
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1.217
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Granite (slabs)
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Loose
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1.133
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Granite (blocks)
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Loose
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0.293/0.424
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Graphite
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Bags
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1.501
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Grits
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Bags
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1.557
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Groundnut (peanuts)
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Bags
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2.124
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Groundnut Oil cake
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Bags
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1.982/2.124
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Groundnut Oil
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Drums
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1.699/1.755
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Guano
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Bags
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1.982/1.699
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Hardboard
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Skids
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1.840/2.888
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Hides (dry)
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Bales
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4.248/4.531
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Hides (wet)
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Bundles
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1.274/1.416
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Horns
|
Bags
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2.265
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Ilmenite
|
Bags
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0.623
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Ivory
|
Bags
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1.699
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Jam/Jelly (canned)
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cartons
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1.727
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Jam/Jelly (bottled)
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Cartons
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1.217
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Jute
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Bags
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1.642
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Kerosene
|
Cases
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1.614
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Lard
|
Cartons
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1.416
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Lead
|
Ingots
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0.283
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Leather
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Bales
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2.832
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Lepidolite
|
Pallets
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0.991/1.132
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Maize
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Bags
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1.699
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Manganese (Ferro)
|
Drums
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0.509
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Meat (canned)
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Cartons
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1.557
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Methylated Spirits
|
Drums
|
1.982
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Mica
|
Bags
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1.699
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Microlite Ore
|
Bags
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0.566
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Milk Powder
|
Cartons
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3.398
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Mill balls
|
Drums
|
0.566
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Millet
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Bags
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1.557
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Mimosa bark
|
Bales
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2.718
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Mohair (greasy)
|
Bales
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3.115
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Mohair (scoured)
|
Bales
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3.398
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Monasite Oil
|
Drums
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1.416
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Nails
|
Bags
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0.493
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Nestum
|
Cartons
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4.248
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Nickel Concentrate
|
Bags
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0.509
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Oats
|
Bags
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1.84
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Oatmeal
|
Bags
|
2.548
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Ochre
|
Bags
|
1.274
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Onions
|
Bags
|
2.832
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Paint
|
Drums
|
1.416
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Palm Kernels
|
Bags
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2.265
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Parquet Flooring
|
Cartons
|
1.189
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Peel (citrus)
|
Cases
|
1.699
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Peanut Butter
|
Cartons
|
1.699
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Peas (canned)
|
Cartons
|
1.472
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Pet Food
|
Cartons
|
1.557
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Pipe (Cast iron)
|
Loose
|
1.50`
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Pipe (Steel) Depends on diam.
|
Loose
|
2.548
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Ploughs (Disc)
|
Bundles
|
0.99/1.13
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Plywood
|
Bundles
|
2.407
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Poles (Telephone Creosoted)
|
Bundles
|
2.548/3.001
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Potatoes
|
Bags
|
2.882
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Potatoes
|
Crates
|
2.265
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Pulp Board
|
Bundles
|
0.962/1.132
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Rayon Pulp
|
Bales
|
2.124/2.265
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Resin
|
Bags
|
1.784
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Rice Bran
|
Bags
|
3.115
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Rope (Sisal)
|
Coils
|
2.548
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Rubber (Scrap)
|
Drums
|
2.86
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Rubber (Solution)
|
Drums
|
1.95
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Rum
|
Casks
|
1.699/2.265
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Rutile
|
Bags
|
0.708
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Rye
|
Bags
|
1.472
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Salt (Coarse)
|
Bags
|
1.982
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Salt (Fine)
|
Bags
|
1.274
|
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Shark Fins
|
Bags
|
1.699/1.982
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Sheepskins
|
Bales
|
3.115/3.964
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Sisal
|
Bales
|
2.832
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Sleepers (Wooden railway ties)
|
Loose
|
1.132
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Soap
|
Cases
|
1.331
|
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Soda Ash
|
Bags
|
1.132/1.274
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Sugar
|
Bags
|
1.302
|
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Syrup (cane)
|
Cartons
|
1.274
|
|
Tallow
|
Drums
|
1.642
|
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Tea
|
Chests
|
1.832
|
|
Tin Plate
|
Stillages
|
0.424/0.509
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tin Concentrates
|
Bags
|
0.39
|
|
Tinned Goods
|
Cartons
|
1.146/1.669
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Tomatoes
|
Cartons
|
1.557
|
|
Post Toasties (Cornflakes)
|
Cartons
|
9.09
|
|
Tobacco
|
Bales
|
3.398
|
|
Tobacco
|
Cases
|
3.115/3.964
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Tung Oil
|
Drums
|
1.699
|
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Twine
|
Cartons
|
2.407/2.548
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|
Tires
|
loose
|
3.551/4.531
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|
Urea
|
Bags
|
1.557
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|
Vaseline
|
Cartons
|
1.132
|
|
Vermiculite
|
Bags
|
1.274/1.699
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|
Wattle Extract (Solid)
|
Bags
|
1.132/1.146
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|
Wattle Extract (Powder)
|
Bags
|
1.146
|
|
Wattle Poles
|
Loose
|
2.549
|
|
Wattle Poles
|
Bundles
|
3.398
|
|
Wax
|
Bags
|
2.124
|
|
Weed killer
|
Drums
|
1.557
|
|
Whale Meal
|
Bags
|
2.266
|
|
Whale Oil
|
Drums
|
1.840/1.982
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Wheat
|
Bags
|
1.41/1.669
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Wine
|
Cases
|
1.982
|
|
Wine
|
Casks
|
1.982/2.265
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|
Wine
|
Firkins
|
1.642/1.812
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|
Wine
|
Hogsheads
|
1.982
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|
Wine
|
Pipes
|
1.902
|
|
Wine
|
Cartons
|
1.84
|
|
Wire Netting (Chicken wire)
|
Rolls
|
1.699
|
|
Wire Rope
|
Coils
|
0.849
|
|
Wool (Grease)
|
Bales
|
6.258
|
|
Wool (Scoured)
|
Bales
|
6.23
|
|
Wool (Tops)
|
Bales
|
4.531
|
|
Wool (Mohair)
|
Bales
|
4.559
|
|
Zinc Dust
|
Drums
|
0.708
|
|
Zircon
|
Bags
|
0.708
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For Bulk Cargo
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|
Commodity
|
Packing
|
Stowage Factor
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Bauxite
|
Bulk
|
0.85/0.93
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|
Beans
|
Bulk
|
1.42/1.58
|
|
Bone Meal Calcinet
|
Bulk
|
3
|
|
Bran Rice India
|
Bulk
|
1.76/1.84
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|
Buick Wheat
|
Bulk
|
1.53/1.60
|
|
China Clay
|
Bulk
|
1.3
|
|
Clay
|
Bulk
|
0.70/0.84
|
|
Coal/Anthracite Large
|
Bulk
|
1.27
|
|
Duff Dross
|
Bulk
|
1.2
|
|
Grains
|
Bulk
|
1.25
|
|
Peace
|
Bulk
|
1.28
|
|
Beans
|
Bulk
|
1.28
|
|
Small & large Nuts
|
Bulk
|
1.31
|
|
Cobbles
|
Bulk
|
1.39
|
|
Coal Australia
|
Bulk
|
1.22/1.33
|
|
Coal Japan
|
Bulk
|
1.27/1.33
|
|
Coal Poland
|
Bulk
|
1.36/1.44
|
|
Coal tar pitch USSR
|
Bulk
|
1.33/1.56
|
|
Coal USA
|
Bulk
|
1.30/1.42
|
|
Coal Welsh
|
Bulk
|
1.19/1.27
|
|
Cobalt
|
Bulk
|
0.57
|
|
Coconut
|
Bulk
|
3.96
|
|
Copper mate W.Afr.
|
Bulk
|
0.51
|
|
Cooper mate S. Afr.
|
Bulk
|
0.4
|
|
Cooper Concentrate aneway Bay
|
Bulk
|
0.56/0.63
|
|
Cooper Concentrate
|
Bulk
|
0.5
|
|
Copra Pellets
|
Bulk
|
1.78
|
|
Copra
|
Bulk
|
2.35/2.77
|
|
Copra chips
|
Bulk
|
1.58/1.70
|
|
Copra extract pellets
|
Bulk
|
1.58/1.70
|
|
Copra pellets (max 14% moisture)
|
Bulk
|
1.58/1.70
|
|
Corn USA
|
Bulk
|
1.39/1.70
|
|
Corn Gluten pellets USA
|
Bulk
|
1.53/1.73
|
|
Feldspar
|
Bulk
|
0.85
|
|
Ferro silic?n
|
Bulk
|
0.7
|
|
Ferro Cromo
|
Bulk
|
0.42
|
|
Manganeso
|
Bulk
|
0.70/0.84
|
|
Kuanite
|
Bulk
|
0.70/0.84
|
|
Kyanite
|
Bulk
|
0.80/0.84
|
|
Pytophilite
|
Bulk
|
0.84
|
|
Fish meal
|
Bulk
|
1.61/2.07
|
|
Fish Meal Anchovy
|
Bulk
|
1.52/1.61
|
|
Barley
|
Bulk
|
1.47/1.56
|
|
Barley C1
|
Bulk
|
1.48/1.51
|
|
Barley C2
|
Bulk
|
1.56/1.59
|
|
Barley C3
|
Bulk
|
1.67/1.70
|
|
Maize River Plate
|
Bulk
|
1.36/1.47
|
|
Maize east Africa
|
Bulk
|
1.42/1.47
|
|
Maize Congo
|
Bulk
|
1.56/1.58
|
|
Maize South Africa
|
Bulk
|
1.42/1.50
|
|
Maize Kibbled
|
Bulk
|
1.45/1.53
|
|
Maize WD1
|
Bulk
|
1.34
|
|
Maize WDâ€
|
Bulk
|
1.36
|
|
Maize YF1
|
Bulk
|
1.28
|
|
Oats
|
Bulk
|
1.87/1.89
|
|
Oat Clipped River Plate
|
Bulk
|
1.84/1.92
|
|
Oats Unclipped
|
Bulk
|
2.12/2.26
|
|
Oat Unclipped River Plate
|
Bulk
|
2.04/2.12
|
|
Oats Australia.
|
Bulk
|
1.98
|
|
Oats Calcutta
|
Bulk
|
1.98
|
|
Rye
|
Bulk
|
1.36/1.47
|
|
Wheat
|
Bulk
|
1.27/1.42
|
|
Wheat red Norfolk
|
Bulk
|
1.27
|
|
Wheat Red Baltimore
|
Bulk
|
1.27
|
|
Wheat winter N° 2 USA
|
Bulk
|
1.27
|
|
Wheat winter Vancouver
|
Bulk
|
1.25/1.39
|
|
Wheat Australia
|
Bulk
|
1.27/1.39
|
|
Wheat BL sea
|
Bulk
|
1.19/1.27
|
|
Graphite
|
Bulk
|
0.57/0.99
|
|
Gravel
|
Bulk
|
0.65
|
|
Groundnuts & Shelled
|
Bulk
|
2.97/3.11
|
|
Groundnuts expeller
|
Bulk
|
1.62/1.95
|
|
Groundnuts extraction
|
Bulk
|
1.47/1.56
|
|
Guano
|
Bulk
|
1.19/1.25
|
|
Horns
|
Bulk
|
2.69/2.83
|
|
Iron bar
|
Bulk
|
0.79
|
|
Iron ore Barahanda
|
Bulk
|
1.90/2.30
|
|
Iron ore Canada(titanium)
|
Bulk
|
0.74
|
|
Iron ore USSR-Poti
|
Bulk
|
0.74
|
|
Iron ore Mauritania
|
Bulk
|
0.82
|
|
Iron ore Sierra Leona
|
Bulk
|
0.74
|
|
Iron Ore Philippine Is.
|
Bulk
|
0.71
|
|
Kainit
|
Bulk
|
0.99/1.05
|
|
Kaolin (China Clay)
|
Bulk
|
1.13
|
|
Kapok India
|
Bulk
|
1.80/2.0
|
|
Linseed
|
Bulk
|
1.56/1.58
|
|
Locust beans
|
Bulk
|
2.38/2.55
|
|
Magnesite Fine
|
Bulk
|
0.45
|
|
Magnesite Coarse
|
Bulk
|
0.71/0.85
|
|
Magnesite Klinker
|
Bulk
|
1.7
|
|
Molasses
|
Bulk
|
0.79
|
|
Nitrate of soda
|
Bulk
|
0.74
|
|
Nitrate of Potash
|
Bulk
|
1.02
|
|
Palm Kernels
|
Bulk
|
1.64
|
|
Cottonseeds oil
|
Bulk
|
1.13
|
|
Soya bean oil
|
Bulk
|
1.1
|
|
Oil cake
|
Bulk
|
1.30/1.84
|
|
Antimony Australia
|
Bulk
|
0.57
|
|
Peanuts Unpeeled
|
Bulk
|
3.00/3.70
|
|
Phosphate N. Africa
|
Bulk
|
0.65/0.85
|
|
Pigiron
|
Bulk
|
0.28
|
|
Pitch
|
Bulk
|
1.36
|
|
Potatoes
|
Bulk
|
1.42/1.56
|
|
Potassium Nitrate
|
Bulk
|
1.02
|
|
Potassium sulfate
|
Bulk
|
1.26
|
|
Pyrite
|
Bulk
|
0.85/0.99
|
|
Rice Brand Pellets
|
Bulk
|
1.47/1.70
|
|
Salt
|
Bulk
|
0.99/1.13
|
|
Salt Petre
|
Bulk
|
1.02
|
|
Sand Vitreous
|
Bulk
|
0.65/0.71
|
|
Cottonseeds
|
Bulk
|
1.84
|
|
Linseeds River plate
|
Bulk
|
1.42/1.56
|
|
Linseeds
|
Bulk
|
1.56/1.58
|
|
Millet
|
Bulk
|
1.27/1.44
|
|
Sal extract pellets
|
Bulk
|
1.64/1.76
|
|
Sugar beet
|
Bulk
|
3.71
|
|
Sunflower Argentina
|
Bulk
|
2.12
|
|
Sunflower Odessa
|
Bulk
|
2.32/2.43
|
|
Sunflower USA
|
Bulk
|
2.32
|
|
Sorghum
|
Bulk
|
1.67
|
|
Soya beans USA
|
Bulk
|
1.37
|
|
Soya beans
|
Bulk
|
1.58/1.64
|
|
Soya Beans Rio Grande
|
Bulk
|
1.5
|
|
Sugar Cuba
|
Bulk
|
1.30/1.32
|
|
Sugar Raw Bolivia
|
Bulk
|
1.27/1.44
|
|
Sulphate of ammonia
|
Bulk
|
1.19/1.27
|
|
Sulfur
|
Bulk
|
1.08/1.13
|
|
Sunflower seeds
|
Bulk
|
1.81/1.95
|
|
Super Phosphate triple
|
Bulk
|
1.04/1.33
|
|
Super Phosphate Casablanca
|
Bulk
|
1.5
|
|
Super phosphate Triple Tampa
|
Bulk
|
1.05/1.22
|
|
Tapioca Pellets
|
Bulk
|
1.58/1.64
|
|
Tares
|
Bulk
|
1.36
|
|
Valonea
|
Bulk
|
2.55
|
|
Zinc concentrates
|
Bulk
|
0.43
|
|
