Cargo Transportation Math – Calculations Used in Cargo Transportation

Course Overview

Strengthen your understanding of measurement principles and conversions for linear, area, cubic, weight, and temperature units, essential for shipment planning and documentation. Learn to compute container cube utilization, convert measurements between English and Metric systems, and account for density, static vs. dynamic weights, and pressure in load planning. Explore the role of temperature in cargo transportation and how to specify temperature requirements effectively.

• Refresh and confirm understanding of linear measurement and conversion of measurement units.
• Refresh and confirm understanding of area measurement and conversion of measurement units
• Refresh and confirm understanding of cubic measurement and conversion of cubic measurement units
• Develop proficiency at computing cube for use in shipment planning, quotation and documentation
• How to convert cubic measurement between English to Metric unitsSeller’s obligations under all Incoterms.
• How to calculate container cube utilization
• Refresh and confirm understanding of weight (mass) measurement units.
• Understand the significant difference between static and dynamic weights, and how this impacts transportation load planning.
• Understand the difference between weight (mass) and density.
• Understand the difference between weight and pressure, and the importance of both in planning cargo transportation and loads.
• Working with loads in planning loads and loading transportation conveyances
• Refresh and confirm understanding of temperature measurement units and conversion of measurement units
• When cargo and ambient temperature become important in cargo transportation
• How to specify required cargo temperature range and restrictions in communicating a transportation requirement