Freight Collect (sometimes known as Cash on Delivery, or COD) is something you might encounter during your time shipping LTL. But what is “freight collect?” Do you want it? Need it? That’s what we’re going to discuss in today’s blog. What is “Freight Collect?” Freight Collect is when the driver, at the time of delivery, takes …
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There’s a difference between a “freight quote” and a “freight rate” in LTL shipping. Understanding this difference is key to avoiding additional charges and invoice discrepancies, both with the carriers as well as the freight broker. So let’s break down how a freight rate differs from a quote, and hopefully we can avoid unplanned shipping …
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CC image courtesy Wajahat Mahmood Expedited Shipping is one of the many types of freight shipping we handle here at FreightPros, but we’ve found that some people don’t quite understand the different ways we do this. Today, we’re going to fix that problem. We’re going to learn the basics of expedited shipping for LTL, …
Many of the full truckload shipments that make it over to my team are from customers that normally ship LTL, but for whatever reason they have a sporadic shipment that cannot move via LTL. What if your shipment exceeds the size allotment to ship LTL, or even a volume quote? What if you have …
The pick-up window is one of the most important aspects of LTL. Of course it is! It’s the beginning of the journey! But a missed pick-up can throw off the whole timeline of delivery, and even if you’re looking at hot shipments, this is something we all want to avoid. The most common reason …
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