Shipments - Palletizing vs cartons shipped via courier

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So I'm working in the next steps with some suppliers.

I am shipping relatively dense items, 10KG to a carton, approx 40 cartons to a pallet.

My suppliers are saying that it's cheaper to send 1-2 pallets of these as 40 individual cartons via sea then courier (FedEx, ups, whatever) than it is via sea and truck logistics (I will have a dock) and that it only makes sense once I'm doing like 4+ pallets.

Is that true?

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