A Euro pallet (EPAL) measures 1200 x 800 x 144 mm and weighs about 20-25 kg. You recognise it by the EUR mark in an oval and the EPAL marking on the blocks. The pallet exchange system (EPAL pool) lets you swap pallet for pallet in the same quality, so its condition matters.
Key facts
- Load dimensions: 1200 x 800 x 144 mm, mass about 20-25 kg.
- Markings: EUR in an oval and EPAL on the blocks, per the EPAL standard.
- Exchange: pallet for pallet in the same quality within the EPAL pool.
- Damaged or sub-standard pallets are not eligible for exchange.
- Pallet size affects how groupage space is counted.
EPAL pool is an open pallet exchange system in which standardised carriers circulate between participants and are swapped in the same quality.
General information, not advice. At OPTIMUS TRANSPORT we count pallet space for groupage. See services and warehousing.
