LTL service
What is LTL?
Less than truckload shipping handles the transportation of relatively small freight. LTL services carry multiple shipments from multiple businesses and individual shippers. This means that numerous loads share space on a singular trailer. If you choose to ship LTL, you will only pay for your pallets’ space and Weight .This way, LTL becomes one of the most cost-effective shipping solutions for small to medium-sized businesses. However, the downside is that LTL carriers will try to maximize the space by filling up the trailer with other shipments. Because of this, LTL trailers need to make more delivery stops, making the delivery timeframe unpredictable. This also means that LTL shipments require more handling.
Benefits of LTL shipping
LTL shipments are attractive for many shippers who can’t fill up an entire trailer. The promising advantages of LTL shipping include:
- Cost-effective: LTL shipping is affordable for shippers moving less than six pallets. They are only required to pay for actual space occupied by freight.
- Flexible: LTL services provide flexibility to small and medium-sized businesses as demand increases and freight costs climb. LTL also offers more service options, including pick-up and delivery, special handling, expedited shipping, and freeze protection.
- Security: Compared to small parcel shipping, LTL freight provides a safer way of transporting goods. Shipments are organized into pallets or crates.
- Eco-friendly: Since LTL combines the shipments of multiple shippers, fewer trucks will need to go on the road. This means that LTL significantly reduces its carbon footprint.
- User-friendly: Many LTL carriers have also adopted technological advancements and cloud-based solutions to make LTL shipping more efficient. Specifically, transportation management systems (TMS).
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