There are many different sorts of trucks that are used regularly. A commercial truck is one example of a truck type.
So, what is commercial trucking?
A commercial truck does not refer to any specific type of truck but rather to any truck utilized for business reasons. A commercial truck is any transportation that companies use during their daily operations and any truck used to transport commercial items or deliver commercial services.
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.