KubovaContainer loading guides
How much fits, which container to book, how to plan the load — answered with numbers measured on a real packing engine, not rules of thumb.
20ft vs 40ft Container: Which to Choose (It’s Not About Volume)
A 40ft holds twice the volume of a 20ft but about the same weight. Use cargo density to pick the right container, with the crossover numbers and examples.
How to Calculate CBM (and Why It Isn’t Your Container Capacity)
How to calculate CBM: length × width × height in metres × quantity. Worked examples from centimetres, container volumes, and why loads never reach full CBM.
When You Can Avoid a Second Container — and When You Genuinely Can’t
When a load spills past one container, the second box is mostly air. How to avoid a second container with rotation, pallets or container type, and when you can't.
Container Fill-Rate Benchmarks: What Good Utilization Looks Like by Cargo Type
What good container utilization looks like: engine-measured fill rates for mixed loads, common cartons and cubes in a 40 HC, and why 100% is a red flag.
A Container Load Plan Your Freight Forwarder Will Accept (With a Template)
The seven things a container load plan needs before a forwarder or loading crew can use it, with a ready template and the door view crews actually load from.
CBM, FCL and LCL: The Exact Volume Where FCL Beats LCL
FCL beats LCL above the breakeven volume: FCL flat rate ÷ LCL rate per CBM. Work it out for your lane, with an example and the costs the simple rule leaves out.
How Many Boxes Actually Fit in a 40ft Container? A Reality Check
The volume formula overstates it by about 13%. Real, engine-measured carton counts for a 40ft container, why the math breaks down, and how to estimate closer.
How Many Boxes Fit on a Pallet — and How the Wrong Pallet Costs a Container
The same carton fits 51 to 80 per pallet depending on the base. Engine-measured counts for EUR, US 48×40 and other pallets, and how pallet choice moves cost.
Loading Furniture into Containers: The Export Packing Problems Nobody Warns You About
Knock-down versus assembled is the biggest lever when loading furniture into containers. Measure real cartons, set stacking rules and plan mixed sizes together.
Mixed-SKU Container Loading: The Problem Single-SKU Calculators Can’t Solve
A three-SKU order packed together fit one 40 HC; loaded one SKU per container it needed three. Why mixed-SKU loading wins and when you should not mix products.
Plan a Container Load from ChatGPT or Claude: Load Planning for AI Agents
An AI assistant can plan a real container load if it can call a packing tool. How ChatGPT or Claude hands cargo to an engine via MCP or API, and what comes back.
Volume vs Weight: Which Container Limit Hits First (and Why CBM Tools Mislead)
Volume or weight first? Compare cargo density with the container crossover: about 375 kg/m³ for a 40 HC, 425 for a 40 DC and 850 for a 20 DC.