Freight is quoted per container, so your real cost per unit depends on how many units go in it. That number is decided by packaging and product design long before anyone books a vessel, and it is one of the few levers where a conversation with the manufacturer changes the economics directly.
A container has a weight limit and a volume limit, and dense cargo hits the weight limit first. Bathroom furniture almost never does. It fills the space and goes nowhere near the maximum payload, which means every decision that reduces the volume of a packed unit reduces your freight cost per unit, and nothing about weight matters much until you are shipping stone tops.
The practical consequence: stop asking how many kilos and start asking how many cubic metres per unit packed. That is the number that determines what you pay.
Ask the manufacturer to price both and to state the packed volume for each. The freight difference is frequently larger than the unit price difference, which surprises buyers who negotiated hard on the latter.
If your order does not fill a container, you have options other than ordering more than you need. LCL consolidates your pallets with other shippers — more handling, more risk of damage, but no requirement to fill a box. For Turkey to Europe there is also road freight, which handles part loads perfectly well and is often quicker than sea for smaller quantities. Ask for both quoted; a supplier who only offers FCL may be telling you about their logistics rather than your options.
Send us the model mix and quantities and we will come back with packed volume per unit, how many fit per container, and whether a part load makes more sense for your order.
A well-made unit badly loaded arrives as a claim. The things worth specifying, because they cost nothing and prevent most transit damage: heavy items at the bottom and never stacked onto lighter cartons, voids braced so nothing shifts on the sea leg, corner protection on exposed edges, and moisture protection appropriate to the route. Ask for photographs of the loaded container before the doors close — it is a reasonable request, it takes minutes, and it settles arguments that are otherwise unresolvable.
None of these are unusual requests, and a manufacturer that exports regularly will have the answers ready. The ones that do not have them ready are usually the ones whose containers arrive with a claim attached.
Projebaz manufactures bathroom vanities and mirror cabinets in Denizli, Türkiye — 41 collections, 250+ finishes, exporting to more than 35 countries. Browse the collections
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