Container optimisation.

Container optimisation is the fill efficiency achieved against a container's cubic capacity. For engineered timber, box dimensions and pallet configuration determine how tightly a container can be packed; for vinyl and hybrid, weight limits often reach before cubic limits.

A well-optimised twenty-foot container of engineered timber carries roughly 900 to 1,100 square metres depending on format and packing. Poor optimisation — mismatched box sizes, oversized pallets, unnecessary strapping — reduces that figure and the freight rate per square metre increases accordingly.

Optimisation is a factory-side decision made at the point of packing. It is worth verifying at production planning rather than discovering at the freight invoice.