How to Calculate Carton CBM and Container in Garments Industry

How to Calculate Carton CBM and Container Space in the Garments Industry

If you work in Merchandising, commercial, or related logistics; you need to know How to Calculate Carton CBM and calculate container spaces according to CBM. This is very important part of the international export and import logistic process.

Normally, we ship goods continuously in the garments sector. CBM stands for “Cubic Meter”.We should clearly understand the carton CBM & weight of the carton otherwise we cannot accurately space the book in the logistics & forwarder. If we can not accurately calculate the CBM & weight of the carton then it will be a loss of profit. The freight forwarder freight costs are calculated on the CBM. It is the most important calculation & reducing the shipping cost. If goods are full container loaded then you have to pay full container loaded cost (FCL) if goods are less container loaded then you have to pay less container loaded cost (LCL). After reading this article you can get a clear idea about CBM. We have to know the below information for CBM calculation.

1. Carton Length.
2. Carton Width.
3. Carton Height.
4. Quantity of carton.

For example, carton dimensions are:

1. Carton Length-60cm
2. Carton width-40cm
3. Carton Height-20cm
4. Carton quantity-2,000 Pcs

Firstly, we have to calculate cubic meters. According to the measurement mentioned cm (Centimeter) & now it is converted into a meter (m). As we know (1m=100cm). According to the CBM formula:

• CBM=Carton length X Carton width X carton Height
• =60cm X 40cm X20cm
• =0.60mX0.4mX0.2m
• =0.048 m3
• Only one carton CBM is 0.048 m3, then 2000 pcs carton CBM will be
• CBM=0.048X2,000
• =96 m3

Finally, we can say 2,000 pcs carton CBM is 96 m3.

Container Space Checking/ Calculation

For our easy understanding, the load ability of Ocean containers is the following.

• 20’ft container 26-28 CBM
• 40’ft container 56-58 CBM
• 40’ft HQ container 60-68 CBM
• 45’ft HQ container about 78 CBM

Conclusion

Finally, we can see it is very easy that know How to Calculate Carton CBM and Container Space in the Garments Industry. All you need to know is the measurements of carton boxes, quantity, and container dimensions. Rest is all about formulas and calculations sitting from your desk.

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