Affordable Residential Shipping to Queensbury, NY
The cost of shipping might be relatively high. LTL shipping (less-than-truckload shipping) is becoming increasingly popular as a cost-effective shipping option for many businesses.
Is your company trying to save costs while also improving the efficiency of its logistics? Continue reading to discover what LTL shipping is and what are its various advantages.
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.
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