Shipping Calculators
Quick everyday maths for freight: volume (CBM), chargeable weight, loading metres and unit conversions.
Volume & chargeable weight
Enter each package type — get the total volume and the weight each mode will charge for.
- 10
- Pieces
- 14.400m³
- Total volume
- 3,000kg
- Gross weight
Chargeable weight
- 3,000kg
- Air (1:6000)
- 4,795kg
- Road groupage (1 m³ = 333 kg)
- 14.40revenue t
- Sea LCL (W/M)
Freight is charged on the higher of actual and volumetric weight. Factors shown are the common defaults — express couriers often use 1:5000 and some road lanes 1 m³ = 250 kg.
Loading metres (LDM)
How much of a truck your pallets take — the unit road groupage is priced in. A standard trailer is 13.6 LDM.
- 4.80LDM
- Loading metres
- 35%
- of a 13.6 m trailer
LDM = length × width ÷ 2.4 m (trailer width), per floor position. Stacking only counts if the cargo can really be stacked.
Will it fit in a container?
Our load calculator packs your pallets and boxes into a 20ft, 40ft or 40ft High Cube and shows it in 3D.
Unit converter
Convert between metric and imperial units used on spec sheets and documents.
- 1,200
- mm
- 120
- cm
- 1.2
- m
- 47.244
- in
- 3.937
- ft
- 1.312
- yd
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