“How to calculate the stowage factor?
What is the stowage factor for any cargo?
In shipping, the stowage factor indicates how many cubic meters of space one ton (or cubic feet of space in one long ton) of a particular type of cargo occupies in the cargo hold of a cargo ship.
What is the stowage factor?
It is an expression for the cubic capacity required for 1 ton of cargo. The stowage factor takes into account the design and shape of the cargo packaging and the need to use dunnage or other special stowage devices.
What is heavy cargo?
The meaning of heavy cargo in English cargo, which is very heavy relative to the space they take up. The cost of transporting these cargoes is based on their weight: the tanker has enough cubic capacity to carry the heavy-duty coal slurry cargo, using only five center tanks.
The stowage factor of a cargo is a quick reference for assessing the efficiency of a vessel’s space usage and a tool for predicting fuel expenditure. The stowage factor is also a tool for shipping managers to quickly grasp the overall impact of a shipment by converting the information provided from volume to cargo weight or weight to volume based on cargo priority.
The stowage factor of a cargo is a quick reference for assessing the efficiency of a vessel’s space usage and a tool for predicting fuel expenditure.
The stowage factor is also a tool for shipping managers to quickly grasp the overall impact of a shipment by converting the information provided from volume to cargo weight or weight to volume based on cargo priority.
Stowage factor formula
The formula for calculating the stowage factor is one long ton, or 2,240 pounds, times the volume in cubic feet. The result is divided by the cargo weight in pounds to obtain the stowage factor, which is the number of cubic feet required to stow a long ton of a particular cargo. If you’re using metric measurements, the formula is 1,000 kilograms times the volume (cubic meters) divided by the cargo weight (kg). Suppose you have a 900-pound shipment with a volume of 15 cubic feet. Stowage is calculated as 2,240 pounds times 15 divided by 900. The stowage factor is 37.3 cubic feet per long ton.”
