Moving Overseas USA to Worldwide "1st Move International. One of the webs best USA Overseas Moving Services" 1st Move Guide to Volumes and Sizes Packing and shipping volumes How we calculate your shipping costs when moving overseas from USA

A full house move will be packed and loaded to your own container, please contact us for details of our on site
home packing charges and door to door container prices. See our container sizes page for more information.

Most people however request our shared container services which provide a cost effective method of
shipping smaller loads overseas. This page is a guideline for this service.

Shipping costs are calculated on the amount of volume
 (Cubic Feet) that  your packed goods will take up in one of our shipping containers.

Volume is calculated by multiplying the length x depth x height.

Please note that we will try to use all available space inside drawers, wardrobes washing machines, refrigerators  etc.... We will also utilize the space on the seating areas of sofas and underneath desks and tables.
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SCROLL DOWN for some examples of sizes for common household items

Household Item	Wide	Deep	High	Total volume in cubic feet
	3ft	2ft	6ft	Large Refrigerator / Freezer 36 Cubic Feet
	3ft	3ft	3ft	Armchair 27 Cubic Feet
	2ft	2ft	2ft	8 Cubic Feet = Monitor 12 Cubic feet = Everything
	2ft	2ft	2ft	8 PC monitor boxes = 64 Cubic Feet
	5ft	6ft	2ft	Queen-size bed 60 Cubic feet
	2ft	2ft	3ft	Washer 12 Cubic Feet
	20 inches 20 inches 20 inches	26 inches 26 Inches 26 inches	28 Inches 3ft 4ft	Filing Cabinets 2  Drawer = 8 Cubic Feet 3 Drawer = 11 Cubic Feet 4 Drawer = 15 Cubic Feet
	1ft 6"	1ft	1ft	Crate of Beer. You deserve this ! = 1.5 Cubic Feet

Please use these as a guideline only, the better description you can give us on what you are
shipping helps us both to calculate your final packed volume.

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