A question we get a lot here at FreightPros is: When should I add “Notify Consignee” to my BOL? On this third Friday of the new year, we’re going to tackle this question. And while we’re at it, we’re going to answer some more questions about “Notify Consignee” in LTL shipping, including what it is, …
If you ship a lot of LTL to a numerous locations, you’re eventually going to run into drop trailers. What is a drop trailer? True to it’s a name, a drop trailer is a trailer that is left at a location for an indeterminate amount of time. It’s “dropped,” and picked up later. Most of …
Overnight shipping and delivery is a great thing. No doubt about it. For better or worse, we live in a culture of immediate gratification. “I want it now,” sang Veruca Salt in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. At times, “Patience is a virtue,” seems as outdated as flip phones. But virtues are timeless for a …
Continue ReadingOvernight Shipping and Delivery: Estimated Transit Times in LTL
We often get the question of shipping labels when it comes to less than truckload freight. Does LTL use shipping labels? Can I print out my own less than truckload shipping label? Though we don’t use the same sort of shipping labels that you’ll see with Fedex or UPS, we do have a couple alternatives …
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Here on the truckload team we use a lot of different equipment to help our customers move their freight. When we’re moving pieces of machinery or tall tanks, we’ll use a flatbed or a stepdeck. When it doesn’t matter how long it takes to arrive at its destination, we can look at partialling the freight to save our …
Continue ReadingHow & When to Use Intermodal with the Truckload Team