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Shipping cost decisions

FCL or LCL, one container or two, CBM-based pricing: the numbers behind the shipping decisions that move freight cost the most, with worked examples.

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Shipping cost decisions

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.

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Isometric illustration of a full container beside a nearly empty second container, with an arrow suggesting consolidation
Shipping cost decisions

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.

10 min read
Isometric fork in the road with a signpost: a full dedicated container (FCL) versus a shared container (LCL)
Shipping cost decisions

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.

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