LDM to kg: how much does a loading metre weigh?
Carriers usually count 1750 kg per loading metre. Where the ratio comes from and when your invoice switches from space to weight.
Read more →Practical guides on palletization, loading trailers and containers, and optimizing transport space. Load more, for less, and without guessing.
Carriers usually count 1750 kg per loading metre. Where the ratio comes from and when your invoice switches from space to weight.
Read more →A box size is ordered once but paid for on every parcel. Where "length × width × height" fails and how to pick a size you can defend with numbers.
Read more →1200×800×144 mm, load capacity and weight. A table of EUR, industrial and half-pallet types, plus how many pallets fit in a trailer and container.
Read more →EUR pallet dimensions, the formula for the number of boxes per layer and per stack, plus the common mistakes that waste space.
Read more →How many pallets fit in a trailer and a 40" container, how to distribute weight across the axles, and how to avoid empty space.
Read more →A simple formula for calculating loading metres, a conversion table for typical pallets, and the pitfalls that inflate your freight bill.
Read more →Interlocking layers, stability, choosing the load-bearing wall, and double-stacking pallets. Rules that protect goods in transit.
Read more →Internal dimensions, doors, payload and volume of sea containers, plus how many euro and industrial pallets fit inside each one.
Read more →An empty EUR pallet weighs about 25 kg, an EPAL 2 about 35 kg. What moves those figures and how to turn them into gross shipment weight.
Read more →EPAL 2 measures 1200 × 1000 × 162 mm and carries 1250 kg - but not every 1200 × 1000 pallet is an EPAL 2. When the wider base actually pays off.
Read more →From the 1200 × 800 mm euro pallet to the 1219 × 1016 mm US pallet - what each standard means and how to choose the right format.
Read more →Even layers, weight low, no overhang - the rules plus three worked layer patterns for EUR and industrial pallets.
Read more →11 euro pallets in a 20', 23-25 in a 40', and why a High Cube changes the height but not the floor plan.
Read more →18 euro pallets on a 7.2 m rigid, 36-38 on a drawbar, 33 on a 13.6 m artic - and why payload runs out before the floor does.
Read more →What data to collect, how to set the loading order and how to tell a workable layout from one that only looks right on paper.
Read more →There is no universal allowance. How to measure the finished, wrapped unit on every side and check it against carrier terms.
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