diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-tons.sql.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-tons.sql.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07067c3ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-tons.sql.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { bookingTonsSql } from './booking-tons.sql';
+
+describe('bookingTonsSql', () => {
+  const sql = bookingTonsSql('b');
+
+  // The regression this exists for: a plain COALESCE stops at the portal's
+  // literal 0 for container bookings and reports them as weighing nothing.
+  it('treats a stored 0 as "no figure" on both booking-level columns', () => {
+    expect(sql).toContain('NULLIF(b.bulk_total_weight_tons, 0)');
+    expect(sql).toContain('NULLIF(b.cargo_total_weight_vgm, 0)');
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to the per-line container VGM, excluding soft-deleted lines', () => {
+    expect(sql).toContain('SUM(bc.total_vgm_tons)');
+    expect(sql).toContain('freight.booking_container bc');
+    expect(sql).toContain('bc.booking_id = b.id');
+    expect(sql).toContain('bc.deleted_at IS NULL');
+  });
+
+  it('never returns NULL, so callers may SUM it directly', () => {
+    expect(sql.trimEnd().endsWith('0)')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('rewrites every reference when embedded under another alias', () => {
+    const aliased = bookingTonsSql('bk');
+    expect(aliased).not.toMatch(/\bb\./);
+    expect(aliased).toContain('bk.cargo_total_weight_vgm');
+    expect(aliased).toContain('bc.booking_id = bk.id');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-tons.sql.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-tons.sql.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3a8590a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/booking-tons.sql.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+ * SQL mirror of `bookingCargoTons()` (train-scheduling/train-capacity.util.ts).
+ *
+ * Three storage conventions share `bookings.cargo_total_weight_vgm`:
+ *  - BULK PER_TON  — the column holds tons.
+ *  - BULK PER_ITEM — the column holds an ITEM COUNT; the tons are in
+ *    `bulk_total_weight_tons`.
+ *  - CONTAINER     — the portal wizard captures VGM per line, not per booking,
+ *    and sends 0 (portal NewBookingPage: "containers carry NO weight at the
+ *    wizard"). The tons live in `booking_container.total_vgm_tons`. The
+ *    backoffice wizard does store a booking-level total, so both shapes exist
+ *    in the same table.
+ *
+ * Hence NULLIF on both columns: a plain
+ * `COALESCE(bulk_total_weight_tons, cargo_total_weight_vgm)` stops at the
+ * portal's 0 — COALESCE falls through on NULL, never on 0 — and every
+ * portal-created container booking reads as 0 tons in exports and reports.
+ */
+export function bookingTonsSql(alias = 'b'): string {
+  return `COALESCE(
+    NULLIF(${alias}.bulk_total_weight_tons, 0),
+    NULLIF(${alias}.cargo_total_weight_vgm, 0),
+    (SELECT SUM(bc.total_vgm_tons) FROM freight.booking_container bc
+      WHERE bc.booking_id = ${alias}.id AND bc.deleted_at IS NULL),
+    0)`;
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/exports/datasets/bookings.dataset.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/exports/datasets/bookings.dataset.ts
index c9f2a7d21..eed069764 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/exports/datasets/bookings.dataset.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/exports/datasets/bookings.dataset.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { FREIGHT_PERMS } from '../../../seed/freight-permissions.registry';
+import { bookingTonsSql } from '../../bookings/booking-tons.sql';
 import { Booking } from '../../bookings/entities/booking.entity';
 import { Company } from '../../companies/entities/company.entity';
 import { CompanyProfile } from '../../companies/entities/company-profile.entity';
@@ -14,11 +15,11 @@ import { ExportDataset } from '../export.types';
 
 /**
  * Domain semantics that the retired `bookings-list` report used to share.
- * Kept identical on purpose — for PER_ITEM bulk bookings `cargo_total_weight_vgm`
- * holds an item COUNT, not tonnage, and `adjusted_total_amount` silently
- * overrides `total_amount`. Getting either wrong misreports money or weight.
+ * Tonnage is `bookingTonsSql` — the one resolver for the three ways a booking
+ * stores its weight. `adjusted_total_amount` silently overrides `total_amount`.
+ * Getting either wrong misreports money or weight.
  */
-const TONS = 'COALESCE(b.bulk_total_weight_tons, b.cargo_total_weight_vgm)';
+const TONS = bookingTonsSql('b');
 const REVENUE = 'COALESCE(b.adjusted_total_amount, b.total_amount)';
 
 const STATUS_OPTIONS = [
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/exports/datasets/train-schedules.dataset.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/exports/datasets/train-schedules.dataset.ts
index bb31591da..d380470de 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/exports/datasets/train-schedules.dataset.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/exports/datasets/train-schedules.dataset.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { FREIGHT_PERMS } from '../../../seed/freight-permissions.registry';
+import { bookingTonsSql } from '../../bookings/booking-tons.sql';
 import { Route } from '../../routes/entities/route.entity';
 import { Yard } from '../../rule-engine/entities/yard.entity';
 import { ShippingLineCompany } from '../../shipping-lines/entities/shipping-line-company.entity';
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ export const trainSchedulesDataset: ExportDataset = {
     },
     {
       key: 'totalWeightTons', label: 'Total weight (t)', type: 'tons', group: 'load', default: true,
-      select: `(SELECT ROUND(COALESCE(SUM(COALESCE(b.bulk_total_weight_tons, b.cargo_total_weight_vgm)), 0))::float8
+      select: `(SELECT ROUND(COALESCE(SUM(${bookingTonsSql('b')}), 0))::float8
                 FROM freight.bookings b
                 WHERE b.train_schedule_id = sch.id AND b.deleted_at IS NULL)`,
     },
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/reports/definitions/booking-status-breakdown.report.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/reports/definitions/booking-status-breakdown.report.ts
index 449c47181..c70fcb13f 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/reports/definitions/booking-status-breakdown.report.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/reports/definitions/booking-status-breakdown.report.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { ObjectLiteral, SelectQueryBuilder } from 'typeorm';
 
 import { BookingStatus } from '@edr/types';
+import { bookingTonsSql } from '../../bookings/booking-tons.sql';
 import { Booking } from '../../bookings/entities/booking.entity';
 import { Yard } from '../../rule-engine/entities/yard.entity';
 import { CargoType } from '../../rule-engine/entities/cargo-type.entity';
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ import { ReportContext, ReportDefinition } from '../report.types';
 // One resolver behind "Booking per status, per port/train/date/cargo/contract
 // type" — the same breakdown Operation, Marketing, Global Logistics and the
 // Operation Report each ask for verbatim. Embed once, reuse everywhere.
-const TONS = 'COALESCE(b.bulk_total_weight_tons, b.cargo_total_weight_vgm)';
+const TONS = bookingTonsSql('b');
 const REVENUE = 'COALESCE(b.adjusted_total_amount, b.total_amount)';
 
 const STATUS_OPTIONS = [...new Set(Object.values(BookingStatus))].map((v) => ({
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/reports/definitions/cargo-summary.report.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/reports/definitions/cargo-summary.report.ts
index ee3063ee1..2df862f3c 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/reports/definitions/cargo-summary.report.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/reports/definitions/cargo-summary.report.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { ObjectLiteral, SelectQueryBuilder } from 'typeorm';
 
+import { bookingTonsSql } from '../../bookings/booking-tons.sql';
 import { Booking } from '../../bookings/entities/booking.entity';
 import { ReportContext, ReportDefinition } from '../report.types';
 
-const TONS = 'COALESCE(b.bulk_total_weight_tons, b.cargo_total_weight_vgm)';
+const TONS = bookingTonsSql('b');
 const NOT_UMBRELLA = "(b.contract_kind IS NULL OR b.contract_kind <> 'GENERAL')";
 const DEAD_STATUSES = ['DRAFT', 'CANCELLED', 'REJECTED', 'EXPIRED'];
 
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/reports/definitions/contract-utilization.report.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/reports/definitions/contract-utilization.report.ts
index 747a14891..64598fa87 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/reports/definitions/contract-utilization.report.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/reports/definitions/contract-utilization.report.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { ObjectLiteral, SelectQueryBuilder } from 'typeorm';
 
+import { bookingTonsSql } from '../../bookings/booking-tons.sql';
 import { Company } from '../../companies/entities/company.entity';
 import { Contract } from '../../contracts/entities/contract.entity';
 import { ReportContext, ReportDefinition } from '../report.types';
 
-const TONS = 'COALESCE(b.bulk_total_weight_tons, b.cargo_total_weight_vgm)';
+const TONS = bookingTonsSql('b');
 const DEAD_STATUSES = ['DRAFT', 'CANCELLED', 'REJECTED', 'EXPIRED'];
 
 function baseQuery(ctx: ReportContext): SelectQueryBuilder<ObjectLiteral> {
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/intercity.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/intercity.service.ts
index 4e2724f49..9dc75335f 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/intercity.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/intercity.service.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
 import { InjectDataSource } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 import { DataSource } from 'typeorm';
 
+import { bookingTonsSql } from '../bookings/booking-tons.sql';
 import { Booking } from '../bookings/entities/booking.entity';
 import { RouteMilestone } from '../routes/entities/route-milestone.entity';
 import { TrainSchedule } from '../train-schedules/entities/train-schedule.entity';
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ export class IntercityService {
               b.reference                 AS "reference",
               b.status                    AS "status",
               b.freight_type              AS "freightType",
-              b.cargo_total_weight_vgm    AS "weightTons",
+              ${bookingTonsSql('b')} AS "weightTons",
               b.loaded_at                 AS "loadedAt",
               b.arrived_at                AS "arrivedAt",
               company.name                AS "customer",