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Load planning guides
Practical articles on truck and container loading, pallet capacity, loading metres and ERP integration. Figures come from the StowCargo engine's real calculations.
ERP Load Planning Integration: How to Connect Your ERP
How to connect your ERP to load planning with an Excel template, a direct API or a custom integration, plus the item data, fields and project steps you need.
27 October 2026 · 11 min read
Shipping Container Dimensions and Pallet Capacity
Internal dimensions, volume, payload and pallet and carton capacity for eight container types in one table, plus when a high cube actually pays off and why Euro pallets fit poorly in containers.
27 October 2026 · 11 min read
How Many Pallets Fit in a Truck? Trailer Capacity Table
A 13.6 m curtainsider trailer takes 34 Euro or 26 industrial pallets in one layer. Here are the counts for eight road vehicles and how stacking and weight change them.
27 October 2026 · 11 min read
Load Planning Software: What It Does and How to Choose
Load planning software places every carton inside the vehicle's real internal dimensions; a spreadsheet divides volume. See the gap in a worked example and take a buyer checklist into your next demo.
27 October 2026 · 12 min read
Loading Metre (LDM): What It Is and How to Calculate It
LDM = length × width ÷ 2.4. A Euro pallet is 0.4 LDM, an industrial pallet 0.5 LDM and a 13.60 m trailer 13.6 LDM. The formula, worked examples, a trailer table and the mistakes that change your freight bill.
27 October 2026 · 11 min read