Less-Than-Truckload to Storm Lake, (IA)

As the name suggests, LTL or less-than-truckload shipping means that the freight carried by truck in this method of transport is less as compated to a full truckload. This is ideal for small businesses and those that don’t have large volumes of merchandise but still require shipping and transport. Many small businesses benefit from this method of road transport.

Transporters use different modes of freight transport to keep the costs low and deliver the goods from the shipper to the consignee in the most efficient way. One mode of freight transport is Intermodal Freight Transport. This is when the goods are transported in an intermodal container allowing the transporters to change transportation mediums between trucks, ships, and trains without handling the freight itself.

Intermodal freight transport protects goods from damage and fastens the delivery by saving the time between container changes. Let's take a deeper look into Intermodal Freight Transport.

Transporting small-sized packages is fairly simple and easy. All you have to do is drop the item off at your preferred courier company and wait for it to reach its destination. That simple! But it’s when you have to ship large items such as furniture and fragile goods such as television sets that it becomes a problem. Cost is higher for large goods but courier companies have limitations on the weights and sizes of items that they can deliver.

So the question comes up, how to ship large items cross-country? Let our team of professionals handle it for you. Trucking Freight Services provides a genius solution to get any item from one destination to another through our excellent team of professionals. This includes brokers and professional licensed and insured truck operators familiar with local routes of any and every destination nationwide to ensure efficient and reliable delivery of your goods.