Coffee Wood Marble Packing and Container Loading
The loading figures below are for a 20-foot container loaded to about 27 tonnes. A 40-foot container takes roughly twice the volume of the same thickness, but the weight limit and the road limits at the other end usually decide it first.
The packing, in photographs
Photographs of this stone at the packing bay and in the container. The colour on screen is not a colour match.
What fits in a 20-foot container
Loaded to about 27 tonnes. The figure is driven by thickness and not by area, which is why the same floor area of 10 mm and 20 mm are two different shipments.
| Thickness | Roughly holds | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| 10 mm | 950 m² | The thin sheet and the tile. The largest volume in the box, and the lightest to lift |
| 20 mm | 450 m² | The standard slab and the standard countertop. The thickness most first orders are written in |
| 30 mm | 320 m² | Heavy slab, floor, kerb and coping work |
A slab order and a tile order in the same box is possible, and the two are loaded differently. The figure above is for a single thickness; a mixed box is quoted on the mix, because the thickness decides the tonnage and the tonnage decides the freight.
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How each product is packed
The packing methods published for this material. Every one of them uses fumigated timber, and the reason is written under the table.
| Product | How it is packed |
|---|---|
| Slabs | Padded with plastic film between slabs, then packed in strong seaworthy wooden bundles |
| Tiles and mosaics | 6–10 pieces in one foam or paper box inside, a strong seaworthy wooden crate outside, reinforced with metal straps |
| Countertops, table tops and vanity tops | Padded with foamed plastics, packed in fumigated wooden crates, reinforced with metal straps outside |
| Medallions, stairs and cut-to-size pieces | Packed in foam inside a strong seaworthy wooden crate, reinforced with metal straps |
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The timber, and the mark on it
All timber used in the packing of this material is fumigated to ISPM15. That is not a quality upgrade — it is the entry requirement, and it is the first thing asked about at the far end.
What ISPM15 is
The phytosanitary treatment standard for solid wood packaging under the International Plant Protection Convention. The treatment is a heat process that goes through the whole thickness of the timber, and the treated wood is marked with an approved stamp so that it can be identified at the border.
Who asks for it
The receiving country's customs. It is asked about before the container is unloaded, and an unmarked or untreated crate is a problem the shipper pays for — in delay, in storage and in the inspection that follows.
What it means for the order
The packing standard is the same on every shipment of this material from this station, so it does not need to be checked on each order. It does need to be checked when comparing against another supplier, because a crate is the cheapest thing on an order to leave out and the most expensive thing to get stopped at.
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Loading photographs, and what happens after
A container is loaded and photographed before it is closed up. It is the last point at which a problem is still cheap to fix, and it is the record of what actually went in.
The photographs
The container, the banding, the film and the stone are photographed at loading. What is in the photograph is what arrived, which is a different claim from what was ordered.
Inspection before loading
The stone is checked before it goes into the box: the face for the figure, the edge for damage, the thickness against the order, and the banding. A cracked corner found in the yard is a chipped slab; the same corner found in Rotterdam is a claim.
After it sails
The commercial terms are the same for every supplier of this material, and the difference between a good order and a bad one is usually in the loading photographs and the inspection, not in the terms. Ask for the loading photographs of the container your order goes in.
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The three questions, answered
How is it packed, and will my customs accept it?
Slabs in film between the boards inside strong seaworthy bundles. Tiles and mosaics six to ten to a foam or paper box, inside a wooden crate, strapped. Countertops, table tops and vanity tops in foam inside a crate, strapped. Cut-to-size pieces in foam inside a crate, strapped. Every crate and bundle uses timber fumigated to ISPM15, marked as such.
How much fits in a container?
A 20-foot container loaded to about 27 tonnes holds roughly 950 m² of 10 mm, 450 m² of 20 mm and 320 m² of 30 mm. The thickness decides the number, and the thickness has to be fixed before the box can be quoted.
What happens if something is damaged?
The stone is inspected before it goes into the box, and the loaded container is photographed before it sails. Those photographs are the record of what was shipped, and they are the evidence for any claim. Ask for the loading photographs of your container.
The packing methods and the container loading figures on this page are the published supplier and trade-platform figures for Coffee Wood Marble, read from the Eonyx Stone and Global Stone Ex product pages for this material on 26 October 2026. They are not a quotation and they are not a guarantee of what a particular container will hold: the weight limit, the road limits at the other end and the packing method for your own order all apply. The packing standard is the same on every shipment from this station, and the loading photographs of your container are sent before it sails.
Send the quantity and the destination
We will come back with the packing method, the container quantity, the lead time and an FOB quotation — and with the loading photographs of the container before it sails.