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Practical notes on load planning, calculation, equipment, and better warehouse handoffs.
Cargo Marshal vs Cargo-Planner, compared side by side
A fair comparison of Cargo Marshal and Cargo-Planner for freight forwarders and 3PLs. Equipment coverage, import, sharing, API and pricing, with sources and dates.
Read moreExcel vs load planning software, and what spreadsheets get wrong
When an Excel sheet is enough for container and trailer planning and when it gives the wrong Unit count. Orientation, stacking, payload and door checks, with worked examples.
Read moreHow many pallets fit in a 20 ft, 40 ft and 40 ft high cube container?
Euro, ISO and US pallet counts for a 20 ft, 40 ft and 40 ft high cube container, single and double stacked, computed with a load planning engine.
Read moreWhat is a loading meter (LDM) and how to calculate it
A loading meter (LDM) is 1 m of trailer floor across its full 2.4 m width. Formula, pallet table, stacking factor, weight conversion and worked examples.
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Why We Built Cargo Marshal
Load planning should not depend on spreadsheets, guesswork, and hours of manual arrangement.
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Plan Sea and Road Loads Faster With Cargo Marshal
A practical walkthrough from cargo input to an optimized, shareable Load Plan.
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