Packaging & Container Loading (20ft, Weight-Limited)
A 20-foot container of coconut BBQ charcoal is weight-limited, not volume-limited — you hit the payload ceiling long before you run out of space. How much loads depends on the briquette shape, and the figures below are industry benchmarks, not a fixed guarantee.
Net Load By Shape
| Shape | Net load per 20ft (t) |
|---|---|
| Pillow | 18–19.5 |
| Hexagonal | 15.5–16.5 |
The denser pillow shape carries more weight per container; hexagonal loads lighter for the same volume. Match the shape to whether your landed cost is driven by sea freight (favour pillow’s higher payload) or by your end-use.
Road Weight Limits Onward
The sea leg is rarely the binding constraint — the road leg at destination often is. Plan the inland move against the local truck payload cap.
| Leg | Practical payload cap (t) |
|---|---|
| US road (20ft drayage) | ~17 |
| EU road | ~40–44 |
Palletless Loading
We load palletless by default. Floor-loading the cartons:
- avoids wooden pallets, so there is no ISPM-15 heat-treatment / fumigation stamp to manage, and
- recovers roughly 15% of the usable space a pallet would consume.
Inside the container the goods are protected by a master carton → inner pack → wrap structure; private-label cartons follow your agreed OEM packaging specification.
Questions
It is weight-limited: roughly 18–19.5 t for pillow briquettes and 15.5–16.5 t for hexagonal (industry benchmarks). The exact figure depends on density, moisture, and packing.
No — we load palletless by default. That avoids the ISPM-15 wood-packaging treatment and recovers about 15% of the space pallets would take.
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