CBM Calculator, Simplify Your Shipping and Logistics

CBM calculator

When shipping goods from different country, whether it is by air or sea, understanding how to calculate the volume of your cargo is just as important as knowing its weight. CBM stands for cubic meter, is the standard unit used to measure the volume of a shipment. In shipping, CBM is one of the categories that has to be measure beside weight. That is why we design and invented this CBM calculator.

Standard CBM formula

How to calculate CBM other than using engpocket’s CBM calculator?

Below is the CBM calculation formula

$\text{Formula: } L \times W \times H = \text{CBM}$
$\text{Where: } L = \text{Length}, W = \text{Width}, H = \text{Height (in meters)}$

CBM calculation example

I want to ship from United States to Australia 10 box of packages filled with pressure sensors. The dimension of the box is 50 cm x 40 cm x 40 cm. Help me calculate the CBM of all my packages.

$\text{Step: } (0.5 \times 0.4 \times 0.4) \times 10$
$\text{Result: 0.80 CBM}$

My packages dimension is 0,80 CBM.

What is CBM?
From the first of this post, we keep talking about CBM. What is exactly CBM is?

CBM (Cubic Meter) is a measurement of volume used in shipping to determine how much space our cargo use in the carrier vehicle. It is calculated by multiplying the width, height, and length of your packages. In the world of logistics, forwarders use CBM to calculate shipping costs and to plan the layout of goods inside a shipping container.

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