Detention fees are a pain. There’s no way around it. But if you’re a regular freight shipper, you’re going to have to deal with truck detention charges. The best way to handle these fees is to learn about them up front. With some basic information, you can plan your freight shipments around detention fees, and …
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If you’re serious about your freight shipping, you’re always looking to add value to your logistics game. What does it mean to add value? Pretty simple, really. By streamlining your truckload freight through a series of broker processes, you can save money and time that will add value to the other parts of your business. …
So we get this question all the time: Can I have freight picked up in the morning and delivered in the afternoon of the same day? Answer: If you’re using a freight broker, yes, you absolutely can. If you’re only using an LTL carrier? Unfortunately, that option is not available. Let me explain… When a …
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Small business shipping solutions are easy to talk about, but much more difficult to identify. The reason for this is simple: small business is complicated, and freight shipping is complicated. Solutions for complicated issues are few and far between, regardless of industry. Austin is no stranger to small business. Heck, FreightPros is a shining example …
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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 …
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