On Mon, 06 Jan 2014 09:43:53 +0000 (GMT)
"Dave Liquorice" wrote:

I don't think you pay by weight (within limits) for containerised
surface shipping, you pay by the container, which you stuff with as
much as will fit...

Yup, when we moved back here from the US, we hired a container, and its
ultimate weight did not matter, it was just the container that we paid
to ship.

--
Davey.