Calculate loading metres for your freight.
Use the ALINNZA LDM calculator to estimate how many loading metres your pallets, crates, cartons, or freight items may occupy on a road freight vehicle. Enter the number of pieces, length, and width to support faster transport planning and quote requests.
A loading metre estimates the floor space your cargo uses in a truck or trailer. Freight teams use LDM to plan groupage, part loads, pallet transport, and road freight pricing.
- Pallets, crates, cases, cartons, and machinery parts.
- Road freight and groupage shipment planning.
- Preparing clearer details for a freight quote.
LDM calculator for pallets and freight
100% FreeEnter the number of pieces, length, and width in centimetres. The calculator estimates loading metres using a standard trailer width of 2.4 metres.
How the loading metre calculation works.
This calculator estimates the floor space used by cargo based on length, width, and pieces. It is designed as a planning guide for road freight and groupage shipments, not a final freight charge.
Use LDM to prepare clearer shipment details.
Accurate dimensions help freight forwarders review load space, vehicle requirements, collection access, and the most suitable road freight service.
Calculate pallet loading metres
Estimate the LDM for UK pallets, Euro pallets, oversized pallets, crates, and other cargo that takes up vehicle floor space.
Improve freight quote accuracy
Providing LDM alongside weight, dimensions, postcode, and cargo type helps ALINNZA review road freight options more efficiently.
Support groupage and part loads
LDM is especially useful when cargo cannot be stacked or when a shipment needs reserved floor space in a trailer.
Questions about loading metres and freight space.
These answers explain how to use the LDM calculator and when to ask ALINNZA for a checked freight quote.
What does LDM mean in freight?
LDM stands for loading metre. It estimates how much linear trailer space cargo uses, based on the floor area occupied by the goods.
Is this LDM calculator a final transport price?
No. The calculator provides an estimate only. Freight pricing may also depend on weight, stackability, route, customs needs, handling, delivery deadline, and vehicle access.
Does stackable cargo change the LDM?
Yes, it can. If cargo can be safely stacked, the required floor space may be lower. If goods are non-stackable, the LDM estimate is especially important.
What else should I provide with LDM?
Include weight, dimensions, number of pieces, packaging type, cargo description, collection and delivery postcodes, and any time-critical or customs requirements.
Ready to move your freight?
Use your LDM estimate with cargo weight, dimensions, collection address, delivery address, and delivery deadline to request a road freight quote from ALINNZA.