1 Euro pallet
0.40 LDM
Calculate LDM for European road freight, pallets, cartons, and non-stackable cargo.
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A loading meter, often abbreviated LDM, represents one meter of trailer length across the truck’s internal width. In European road freight, that internal width is commonly treated as 2.4 m.
LDM is a measure of floor space, not volume. Height does not enter the formula directly — what matters is how much of the trailer floor a shipment occupies. That makes it a practical unit for planning groupage and LTL freight, comparing palletized and non-stackable loads, and estimating chargeable space.
Planners use LDM to figure out how many shipments fit on one trailer before committing space.
For non-stackable cargo, the trailer floor is the constraint. LDM expresses that directly in meters.
Many carriers price partial loads against LDM. Two shipments with the same cubic volume can have very different LDM.
LDM gives a single number to compare a pallet load against a long crate against a stack of cartons.
Height is not in the formula — LDM is a floor-space measure. Stack factor only reduces LDM when goods can actually be stacked safely. Carrier rules and dangerous-goods, fragile, or oversized cargo may require different treatment.
0.40 LDM
0.80 LDM
4.00 LDM
≈ 13.6 LDM
Euro pallets are 1.20 × 0.80 m. One pallet on the trailer floor is (1.20 × 0.80) ÷ 2.4 = 0.40 LDM. Numbers scale linearly with quantity when goods are not stacked.
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