Less than truckload shipping is a type of ground freight transportation that combines shipments from multiple customers and in multiple categories. Businesses choose this budget-friendly option when the consumer demand for their products is average or stable.
Less than truckload shipping is affordable for small business because you share the transportation costs with other companies, and use a third-party logistics (3PL) company. Each company takes up a portion of the truck for their goods and only pays according to the amount of product shipped and the length of distance. Overall, Less than truckload shipping is very beneficial business proposition for small industries.
Advantages of Less than truckload shipping:
Full truckload can mean 2 things. First one being you have enough products to fill a full truckload, and second one although you have a partial load yet you prefer a dedicated/exclusive truck to carry your consignment only. Full truckload is often chosen when businesses have more pallets to ship, when they have high risk packages, or when timely delivery is of utmost important (FTL is faster).
Advantages of Full truckload shipping: