Container selection: 20GP vs 40HC vs break-bulk
Dense grades — HMS 1&2, shredded steel, densified UBC pucks, copper wire tails, brass turnings — load 20GP at 22–27 MT net because a 40HC would exceed road-legal payload. Light-density grades — loose UBC, extrusion, aluminum wheels, Zorba — often load 40HC at 22–24 MT net for freight economy. Volumes above 3,000 MT of a single grade quote as break-bulk vessel loading from Rotterdam or Amsterdam.