Less-than-Truckload is an important transport way for you, now Less-than-Truckload shipment is more and more popular for its low costs, flexibility and efficient transportation. If you want to delivery small or medium size packages, LTL shipping can be your best choice. We have a very high-quality land transportation network to help you.
What is Less than Truckload
Less-than-Truckload is a convenient shipment for you if your packages are too small to fill an entire tuck tailor. This kind of logistic shipment can manage different packages to fill the same truck tailor. This way of shipping is usually used when shipments weight between 500 and 1500 pounds. You only need to pay for the proportion of the weight your package takes up in the truck.
Reasons to Choose Less than Truckload
LTL offers LTL offers transportation services for small and medium-sized parcels. LTL can deliver your parcels faster and spend less time. Costs can also be saved by paying your part of the fees. Not only for regular-shaped parcels, but also if your parcels are irregular, LTL is your best choice.
3 Benefits of Less than Truckload
#1 Low Quote price
LTL is a way of transportation with relatively low quote price. The type of shipping supports you to only pay for the part of the weight proportion of your packages in the truck instead of paying for the entire truck. It is a relatively friendly choice for some small businesses or retailers and small or medium size package.
#2 Efficient
LTL can fully leverage its advantage of high transportation efficiency to transport your packages in a very complete and efficient logistic transportation network. This efficient logistic network can help you reduce waste time because small-size packages are easy to load and unload, they can be moved efficiently and improve transportation efficiency.
#3 Flexibility and Accessibility
LTL offers convenient and flexible solutions that can use the characteristics of small transportation volume and high-frequency to help you solve transportation problems.
The electronics, automotive and other manufacturing industries can achieve on-time transportation from the factory to the supplier through LTL. LTL can help factories achieve efficient transportation without waiting for a full container truck and reduce inventory overstock through a complete transportation network.
Offline chain supermarkets can also frequently replenish goods in small transportation volume through LTL. LTL supports the combined transportation of goods for multiple stores and the split delivery at the transfer station, which is in line with the commercial characteristics of the retail industry.
How to Quote Less than Truckload
The quote price of packages is determined by a combination of factors such as volume, weight, type and fuel cost. Generally speaking, ordinary goods are determined by their weight in the truck.
The basic freight prices for different types of goods are also different. Let’s take electronic accessories as an example.
The basic cost of electronic products is 0.8 US dollars per kilogram, and the fuel surcharge rate is 20%. The basic cost for 500 kilograms =500×0.8=400 dollars, fuel cost =400×0.2=80 dollars, the total cost =400+80=480 US dollars.
If you want to know more specific information about the price, you can contact us directly.
Less than Truckload VS Truckload
| Less than Truckload | Truckload | |
| Capacity | part of truck | entire container truck |
| Size | Small or medium size
irregular |
Large size |
| Quote | lower price& economical
shipments |
higher price |
| Flexibility | high flexibility | low flexibility |
| Time efficiency | a little bit longer than truckload | high time efficiency |
FAQ
How Less than Truckload works?
LTL adopts a hub-pre-branch combined model, with large freight centers in the city serving center as hubs and local freight services as branches.
Is Less than Truckload right for you?
LTL can deliver small and medium-sized or irregularly shaped packages. This mode can help you save time waiting for shipment and has relatively low transportation costs.
If the above content can meet your needs, you can choose LTL.
How can I keep my packages?
LTL adopts digital visualization management. Each piece of goods has its corresponding number for pickup, and you can query the real-time location of the goods through the number.
And in order to ensure the quality of the transported goods, our company has a monitoring system at the transfer hub. You can view the videos of loading and unloading goods.
Less than Truckload services
LTL supports you customized services if you have special requirements. We can help you customize not only the packages of goods, but also transportation routines, plans etc.
Final Thoughts
Bansarship has been dedicated to the logistic transportation industry for many years and we are confident in providing you with high-quality LTL services to ensure the safety and timeliness of your shipments transportation.
