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by laksjd 3127 days ago
Knapsack is only about weight, while this is about (most likely) packing 3D cuboids. But that problem is NP-hard, too ;)
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All shipping containers are an identical size - it is a weight problem.
The original discussion about ships was, but this comment thread was about packing (retail packaged) products into a shipping carton.