Weight facts
Provide container size, gross weight, cargo weight if known, import status, and any scale information already available.
Special equipment by review
Overweight Import Container Drayage
Overweight import containers are reviewed individually because legal weight, route, chassis, receiver access, and equipment availability can change the move. Send the gross weight, container size, delivery address, timing, and import status before requesting a truck.
What determines whether an overweight import fits.
For Overweight Container Drayage, provide the equipment, access, timing, receiver, and closeout details that apply.
Pickup and route
Identify the marine terminal or rail ramp, delivery address, known route constraints, and whether tri-axle equipment is requested.
Receiver and closeout
Send the appointment, entrance limits, unload plan, time on site, chassis return, and empty-container instructions. Export moves should stay legal weight.
Overweight import work is accepted only after route and equipment review.
A weight figure alone does not confirm the move. Dispatch must verify legal fit, available chassis or tri-axle equipment, receiver access, timing, and the complete lane.
Cargo-weight planning
SP Logistics weight guidance
Overweight import and tri-axle moves are reviewed by fit. Export moves should stay legal weight.
Five-field comparison: Compare the container size with both standard and tri-axle dry and reefer guidance. On smaller screens, every row is presented as a fully labeled card.
| Container | Standard dry | Standard reefer | Tri-axle dry | Tri-axle reefer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-foot | 38,000 lb | 34,500 lb | 42,000 lb | Not listed |
| 40-foot | 44,000 lb | 41,500 lb | 48,000 lb | 44,000 lb |
| 45-foot | 44,000 lb | 41,500 lb | 44,000 lb | 44,000 lb |
These figures are SP Logistics planning guidance, not a legal-weight determination or guaranteed acceptance. Final fit depends on axle distribution, chassis, route, receiver access, equipment, scale information, and current capacity.
Related services
Use the links below when legal weight, chassis fit, scaling, or route review is part of the import move.
Equipment fit
What makes an overweight container move feasible?
An overweight import needs verified gross weight and distribution, legal axle loading, suitable chassis, a workable route, permit review when applicable, and receiver access.
SP Logistics reviews the port or rail trucking path, tri-axle or other suitable equipment, route, receiver, and return against the actual weight facts.
Confirm equipment fit
- What container size, verified gross weight, weight distribution, and loaded status apply?
- Which facility, route, scale or permit condition, and receiver access control the move?
- What availability, timing, delivery, and return requirements remain open?
Request a specialty-move quote
Send the container size, gross weight, delivery ZIP, receiver access, route notes, and chassis requirement. Export containers should remain legal weight.